Birdseye view of Steubenville, Ohio, 1910

About this postcard

A bird's-eye view looks across the Ohio River toward Steubenville, Ohio, where a dense grid of streets, rooftops, churches, and commercial blocks fills the valley below wooded hills. A suspension bridge crosses the river at the edge of the city, tying Steubenville to the opposite bank. In 1910 the city was a busy Ohio River industrial town, with iron and steel works, coal traffic, and river and rail connections shaping its growth. The handwritten note is a hurried family bulletin, the kind of everyday message that made postcards a quick way to share news between town and city.