City of Cincinnati 1900
TEACHERS
This map was published in 1900 by John L. Trout of the Henderson Lithographing Co. of Cincinnati and provides a bird’s eye view of the city. By the late 1880’s, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio, with almost 300,000 people. More than 15 railroads connected Cincinnati to other parts of the U.S. The major industry in Cincinnati was iron production, followed closely by meatpacking, cloth production, and woodworking. Cincinnati’s industries employed 103,325 people in 1887, and produced more than 200 million dollars in goods. Roughly 130 newspapers and magazines met the literary needs of the people. The public library consisted of more than eighty thousand books. By 1890, Cincinnati had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. For additional information about the city of Cincinnati visit: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati
This map was published in 1900 by John L. Trout of the Henderson Lithographing Co. of Cincinnati and provides a bird’s eye view of the city. By the late 1880’s, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio, with almost 300,000 people. More than 15 railroads connected Cincinnati to other parts of the U.S. The major industry in Cincinnati was iron production, followed closely by meatpacking, cloth production, and woodworking. Cincinnati’s industries employed 103,325 people in 1887, and produced more than 200 million dollars in goods. Roughly 130 newspapers and magazines met the literary needs of the people. The public library consisted of more than eighty thousand books. By 1890, Cincinnati had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. For additional information about the city of Cincinnati visit: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, G4084.C4A3 1900 .T7
This map was published in 1900 and provides a bird’s eye view of the city.
Questions:
- What do you notice about the river? Why is that significant for this time?
- Look at the outlying area around Cincinnati. What do you notice about it? What are some reasons this might have changed since 1900?