The Early Years Photos
 
Growing Up
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Mount Adams: I was born here in 1940.
The Mt. Adams incline is on the right. The Rookwood Pottery (1880)
still stands at the top of the hill on the left.

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4943 Winneste Ave, Winton Terrace, Cincinnati, Ohio
I lived here from age 3 to age 13

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I attendeed grade school (1-6th grade) at
St. Bernard Catholic Church and School, Winton Place, Cincinnati

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Jim, Donna and Me 1948-1949 school year

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Me, Donna and Jim

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Dressed for church

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We recycled an old bike from grandfather's basement

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Me at about age 13 with my dog, Teddy, a Pomeranian mix, on Hamilton Ave.

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Mom and Teddy on the porch of our Hamilton Ave apartment

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J&R Foods: Our Corner Grocery store was at Chase & Chambers Sts.
We lived in the apartment right above the store.
That could be my Dad in the photo

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My brohter Jim and Teddy at our store and home on Chase Ave

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My grade school (7-8) St. Boniface School, Northside, Cincinnati

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St Boniface Church, Chase Ave., Northside

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St Boniface Church

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I was an Alter Boy at St Boniface Church

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The domed sanctuary and alter,
surrounded by mosaic and enshrined in marble

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Mosaic pillars and arches of St Boniface Church

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Stained glass window of St Boniface Church

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The mosaic images at St Boniface Church

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One of two vestibules in St Boniface

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The marble statues of vestibules in St Boniface

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The marble statues of St Boniface

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The organ at the back of St Boniface Church

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At Sacred Heart Seminary with Mom
I was never far from my Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera

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My brother Jim and me. I always was a sharp dresser.
Notice my french cuff shirt, knit tie, pin-stripped pants
and my belt buckled off to the side

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Jim and I often enjoyed a few sets of tennis together

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Me. High School Graduation

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My sister Donna. High School Graduation

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My brother Jim. High School Graduation

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My first car was this black & white 1957 Chevy Bel Aire:

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Our house on Chambers St. was next to the railrod

 
Ham Radio K8ARV
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Ham radio station K8ARV (c1959)

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After getting my Novice License at age 14
I bought a used Hallicrafters SX99 receiver

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I built this 35 watt CW Heathkit transmitter
It came with a cabinet, chasis, knobs, a schematic and bag of parts

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The directions for building the CW transmitter was a schematic diagram like this

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After getting my General Class License
I bought this Johnson Viking Valliant 200 watt voice transmitter

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K8ARV went mobile after I bought a Gonset G76 Transceiver for my '57 Chevy

 
My First Job
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In August 1958 I got a job as a Page in the Shelving Dept
at the Main branch of the Cincinnati Library (c 1958)

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Cincinnati library "stack levels" looked like this

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Searching the library catalog

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Selecting a book from the library catalog

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The 'Book Fountain' at today's Cincy Public Library

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The 'Old Main' (1874-1955) was built on the site reserved for an opera house

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Patrons entered on Vine St.beneath the busts of
William Shakespeare, John Milton, and Benjamin Franklin.

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The beautiful main hall with checkerboard marble floors

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The main hall was lit by a skylight ceiling

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The "stack levels" were large cast-iron book alcoves.

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Over the years the library wasn’t able to accommodate all the readers

 
Fun With Music
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Capital 78 rpm record
Don't Make Me Sorry by TTex Ritter

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RCA Victorl 78 rpm record
Jolly Coppersmith, Victor Symphony Orchestra

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Upright player piano

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Piano roll

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Piano roll in their boxes

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Piano roll cabinet

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Regina music box

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15 1/2 inch music box disc

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Tthe teeth on a comb were plucked by the disk to produce the musical notes

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I bought a Zenith Cobra-matic Hi-Fi
and often brought it to house parties and dances

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Hound Dog by Elvis Presley
I had dozens of 45 rpm records

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45 RPM Record
Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly

 
Cincinnati History
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Streetcars: Cincinnati was famous for its streetcars.
It was one of only three cities in North America whose streetcars
used double overhead trolley wire

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Trolly buses: Eventually the streetcars were phased out in favor of
trolley buses, and on April 29, 1951, the last streetcars were retired

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Mount Adams: I was born here in 1940.
The Mt. Adams incline is on the right. The Rookwood Pottery (1880)
still stands at the top of the hill on the left.

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The Mount Adams Incline: Inclines worked like a funicular.
The Mount Adams incline began carrying horsecars in 1877.
It was later strengthened for the much-heavier electric streetcars.

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A streetcar on the Mt. Adams incline

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As a child I was petrified riding the inclines. Acrophobia!

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The Price Hill Incline

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Fountain Square: I remember the RKO movie theater
and the Planters store with a big Mr. Peanut statue on Fountain Square.

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Crosley Field: This Major League Baseball park was the home field of the
Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970

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Union Terminal: Opening in 1933, it was one of the last great train stations built.
The building is an iconic symbol of the city.
Today it houses the Cincinnati History Museum,
Museum of Natural History & Science and the Cinergy Children's Museum

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The Roebling Suspension Bridge: It was a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge.

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About the bridge

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In 1896 the new Island Queen began carrying passengers between
Cincinnati's Public Landing and Coney Island

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Boarding the Island Queen at Cincinnati's Public Landing

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Four Island Queens served Coney Island over the next 50 years

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The entrance to Coney Island from the Ohio River

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Coney's swimming pool was said to be "the worlds largest recirculating pool"

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Going to Coney Island as a kid was a rare treat

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Acrophobia prevented me from partaking rides like this at Coney Island

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Lost River was commonly called the Tunnel of Love.
I managed to take a couple girls on this ride regardless of my acrophobia

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Lake Como at Coney Island

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Going for a moonlight canoe ride on Lake Como after dinner
at Moonlight Gardens was our idea of a romantic night

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Moonlight Gardens, Coney Island, Cincinnati was a great place to
go dancing to the Big Bands or see Frank Sinatra

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Ault Park Pavillion was the place to go dancing on Friday nights.
There was always a live band
Ten dance tickets cost $1.00. Girls didn't pay so you got 5 dances for your buck!
Getting Lucky meant a moonlight kiss on top of the pavillion

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The lighted water fall between the stairs always added an air of romance to Ault Park




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