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Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1920

Subjects
Bridges & DamsRivers & StreamsSteamboats & Riverboats
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1920, Mary Linhoss, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1920, Mary Linhoss, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows the great stone towers and catenary cables of the suspension bridge spanning the Ohio River at Cincinnati, with a sternwheel steamboat passing beneath and the city's downtown skyline, including a domed tower, along the far bank. Built 1856-1867 to John A. Roebling's design, it was the first major suspension bridge on the Ohio River and served as a prototype for Roebling's later Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge still carries pedestrians and traffic between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] I remain your friend Thos. A. M.

PublisherCincinnati News Company
Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio. --- Post Card 7646 Pub. by Cincinnati News Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stamp
Addressed to
Mary Linhoss

Box 465, Waynesboro, VA

Postcard record

PublisherCincinnati News Company
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMary Linhoss, Box 465, Waynesboro, VA
Stamp2c George Washington, red
NotesWhite border; color halftone printing with visible screen pattern; small blemish at upper left. Postmark: [illegible]NTO ... TR. ... 1 18 [illegible]. Divided-back "Post Card" with 2¢ Washington stamp; pencil message written sideways along the left edge; light wear and creasing.

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Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/roebling-suspension-bridge-over-the-ohio-river-cincinnati-oh. Accessed October 24, 2026.