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The Southern Contracting Company, Ludlow	In 1874, Ludlow had it's own newspaper	G. Moser & Sons


Resin Yards of H. Garlick, Ludlow

Hackstadt's Amusement Devices


GH Hackstadt's blacksmith shop	Hackstadt owned/operated the merry-go-round, penny arcade and pony rides at the Lagoon. His merry-go-round was portable and he would float it down to Louisville for the State Fair. He later trucked it down US 42.	An outing at the Lagoon. That's GH Hackstadt on the right, holding the ponies.
Above, all three of these from Tom Dryer posts on Facebook
In 1895, Hackstadt lived at Dry Creek and the Covington Pike in Bromley, but his shop was at 79 Elm in Ludlow: “General Blacksmithing & Wagon Maker; Manufacturer in All Kinds of Vehicles; Horses Shoeing Promptly Attended to.”
More about Hackstadt, a remarkable man.


Ludlow Pharmacists John McCormick, left, and his successor, Ed Farrell.

Krogers,1948, at Elm and Davies, Dedicated on August 11. 1940. Leslie Deglow was the architect and it cost $30,000 to construct. from a Facebook post by Charles Geise


Nick Braun's Saloon at Carneal and Ash, 1888. And yes, the man's an ancestor of Bob and Rob Braun .	Texaco Station	The Old Buffalo Elm at Carneal from a Facebook post by Lance McCarthy

Old Liquid Bait
Forest and Stream, February 5, 1910

1954


	Gerwe's Hardware From a Facebook post by Kelly Rothaker	87 Elm St.	Closing Notice, 1921

Reeves, Elm at Adela


Before he had a furniture store in Covington, Edw. Cooper was in Ludlow. From a Facebook post by his grandson, Mark Pilger	Fred Werges Boots and Shoes Elm Street. Note the “sign” over the front door. from a Facebook post by Will Lack


Nellie Donnelly had a grocery at 28 Montrose, and lived at 8 Oak, c. 1914. Note that there are no men in these two images, a rarity in 1914.


Ramler's Grocery	A. Romanowitz' Grocery, c. 1890, 96 Elm From a Facebook post by Will Lack


Ludlow Gas Station, From Facebook posts by Kathy Luck Keri

First National Bank of Ludlow, Statement of Condition, 1910.	Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Ludlow, Statement of Condition, 1910.
Ludlow Savings Bank, Statement of Condition, 1910.


River Breeze Trailer Park. Dale Ashcraft posted the pictures, so we'll let him describe them: “My dad Bus Ashcraft was discharged from the Army and decided with my mom, Sara, that he wanted to work for himself for the rest of his life. He was 27 when he bought a small house on a couple acres on Elm Street in Ludlow Kentucky and decided the future was mobile home living and at the time called trailer living and built Ashcraft's River Breeze Trailer Park. I was brought to River Breeze in October 1947 as a newborn. Dad evolved into selling the homes and then in 1952 sold River Breeze (our trailer park) and moved up the road a block at 848 Elm Street and built Ashcraft Mobile Homes. Like he wanted to do dad died in 1976 still working for himself and still in the mobile home business. These pics were taken 1948-1949 in River Breeze and even today I still think it was a nice place to live my first years with my family.”


Lumber Barges at Ludlow	Elm and Locust Streets, 1894 The Christian Church used the first floor of this building, and a school was conducted on the first floor. City Council first met here, on the first floor, in 1864	C. A. Slater's Grocery Store, c. WWI, Oak and Helen.


J Blaine Robinson 225 Elm, c. 1936	Ashcraft's Mobile Home 848 Elm, c. 1965 From a Facebook post by Dale Ashcraft	Whipple and Bentley, 1880 Sole Proprietors of the Whipple Safety Bar

Ludlow and Covington Omnibus Line
Leaves Ludlow	Leaves Bridge
at 6:00 a.m.	at 6:30 a.m.
at 7:30 a.m.	at 8:15 a.m.
at 9:00 a.m.	at 10:00 a.m.
at 1:00 p.m.	at 2:00 p.m.
at 4:15 p.m.	at 5:00 p.m.
at 6:45 p.m.	at 6:30 p.m.
F Theatre 'Bus leaves Ludlow every Thursday and Saturday nights, returning at 11:30 p.m. On Sundays, will leave Ludlow at 9:30, and the bridge at 10:30 p.m. "On Time" is our motto. Schmidt & Grimme
[from the Ludlow Reporter, April 24, 1875]