An overly colorized, but really detailed
shot of Bellevue
(or, "Bellvue," as it's spelled on
the card)
Bellevue Business District
Back waters of Ohio River Flood
at foot of Clark St., Bellevue, KY--Feb. 1912
Bellevue Ferry
Bellevue Depot
On Retreat St., that's the Washington Ave. overpass on the right
A View up Clark Street, Bellevue
J. W. Clark, 427 Clark Street, Bellevue
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left, Band Wagon showing officials of the parade and the speakers. They are Arthur Hindman, Newport Commissioner; Fred Bassman, attorney and one of the principal speakers; Dr. J. W. Thomasson, chairman of the Northern Kentucky Auto Club, Hubbard Schwartz, Dayton attorney and speaker; William T. Calerdine, Cincinnati Auto Club Trustee and one of the speakers; George Herold, Bellevue City Attorney; Mayor Fred L. McCLane, Newport; and Mayor Clem Wiethorn, Bellevue. |
| right, Officials Autos and two motorcycle policemen, who escorted the parade through the main streets of Newport, Bellevue, and Dayton |
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left, Auto of Miss Alice Collins, first place, Crittenden, Kentucky |
| right, Auto of F. W. Petri, Bellevue Florist, Second Prize |
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These four pictures are from the Grand Opening of the road across "The Fill" from Bellevue to Newport, November 7, 1929. Full story, with the parade route, is here. |
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443 Clark Street, Bellevue, 1913
Notice the vehicle the boy is riding
Thanks! to K. Sutkamp for this one.
Knights of Pythius and Balke's Opera House
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Cincinnati businessman Julius Balke's Opera House was built in 1884. It housed the mayor's office and had three storefronts on the ground floor, an auditorium on the second floor, and the Knight's of Pythias meeting area on the third. An opera house in this era rarely staged operas, but hosted a wide variety of traveling shows, local talent shows, and just a wide variety of uses for which an auditorium might be useful. The building was torn down in 1964. |
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In the famous double play combination of Tinkers to Evans to Chance, who was the third baseman the made up the fourth member of the infielder? Why, Bellevue's own Harry Steinfeldt, who's impressive major league record is here. |
left, Ward Avenue, "Bellvue"
right, Ward Avenue, Bellevue
left, Older House, Bellevue
right, Van Voast Avenue, Bellevue
Cincinnati from the Bellevue shore, 1949
Fairfield Avenue Scene
Bellevue Fire Department, Company #1
Located in a section of the Balke Opera House at Fairfield and
Berry
Bellevue Fire Department, 1941
List of the firemen is here.
Tornado Hits Bellevue, 1867, more here.
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"The streets of this place are in a horrible condition, and in many places the mud is so deep that pedestrians are compelled to go about one square out of their way so as to find some kind of crossing to keep out of the mud." from the Bellevue news in the Kentucky Journal, April 21, 1892. |
This map shows the extent of the 1913 Flood in Bellevue,
and is from Donald Bauer's The Great Flood of 1913
1883 Map of Northern Campbell County
1937 Flood, looking toward Cincinnati
Bellevue Ball Park, 1938 Flood
left, O' Fallon, looking Toward Third, 1937 Flood
right, 6th & Berry, 1937 Flood
These four 1937 flood photos by John Bischoff
The Enquirer's coverage of the 1884 Flood in Bellevue is here.
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There's an Arcadia Images of America book with 128 pages of vintage Bellevue images. The link to the left will take you to Amazon to get a copy. |
