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| The Swan, a.k.a. The Nine Mile House 815 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, Kentucky Routes 25 and 42 20 Minutes from Cincinnati SAM A. GAREY, Manager Famous for Kentucky Mint Juleps Open the Year Around, Serving Southern Fried Chicken, Steaks, Lobster, Country Ham and Sea Food Dinners Northern Kentucky's Finest Dining Room |
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| The proprietors of the Swan are reputed to have abandoned the place very, very suddenly in 1955, essentially walking out the door with the clothes on their backs, and with dinner, not eaten, on the table. A Fort Mitchell florist, Schreiver, moved into the location but kept the Swan name. The restaurant tables are still there, used for floral displays. Ask to see where the slot machines were bolted down. | ||
Reportedly called Swan because of swan's in a lake that used to be behind it.
Who was the famous Charles Chandler?
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| Swan Menu From a Facebook post by Charlie Lunsford |
Swan's children's menu From a Facebook post by Charlie Lunsford |
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| The first Gayety Theatre | The Gayety | Elsmere, c. 1950 From a Facebook post by Ruth Ann Weiss |
| These two images ran along with a history of the Gayety in 1955. | ||
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| Burns Brothers Service Station,
May and Dixie From a Facebook post by Buzz Burns |
Four Ace TV, Dixie at Sunset |
Mark Dusing commissioned this painting from artist Marisa Paolucci.
From a Facebook post by Donald Lee Skirvin
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Dusing Brothers from upper left, an aerial view, Franklin (l) and Ben (r) Dusing (1938), The Business, Workers at Dusing Ice, Electrical Panel (?!?) at Dusing Ice |
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| The Dusing Brothers called it quits. Retrospective and history at this site. | ||
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| Dusing Brothers | Brothers Ben and Franklin Dusing, c. 1930 |
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| Sid's, an Elsmere institution From a Facebook post by Beverly Sturgeon |
Chester Dryer's Gateway Grill 3619 Dixie, next to Dusings |
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| Zitt's Taylor Shop, on Garvey | Little Boy Blue Golf At Dixie and May in Elsmere |
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| Tate Builders Supply | Elsmere Grocery From a Facebook post by Candace Schaefer Olivo |
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| Jimmie's Roller Rink opened on January 31, 1948. from a Facebook post by Joe Mullins |
Jimmie and Marie Mullins From a Facebook post by Jeff Fields |
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| Jeff Fields intends to produce a documentary about Jimmie's. If you have pics or memories, he invites you to contact him. He's on Facebook. | ||
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| First Federal Savings and Loan, Elsmere, 1959 |
Inside Tom Howard's Grocery on Garvey |
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| Wainscott's, 1946. Half in Elsmere; half in Erlanger. The tree used as a dividing line is in the rear. This later became Joe Michaels Sunoco (below) and GMC. |
Peoples Liberty, 1967
Garvey and Dixie
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| Joe Michel's Service Body Shop, 51 Dixie Highway, | ||
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| Joe Michel's Service, 1946. From a Facebook post by Sue Michaels Howell |
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| Pieper's on Dixie, near across from Forest From a Facebook post by Shelley Pieper Miller |
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