“In 1938 more than a hundred Cincinnati concerns and individuals were engaged in the repair and maintenance of home and automobile radio receiving sets. That year combined employment in both the manufacturing and repairing phases of the radio industry amounted to about 1,500. The annual payroll was estimated at more than two million dollars.”
--“They Built a City: 150 Years of Industrial Cincinnati”, Compiled and Written by the Cincinnati Federal Writers’ Project of the WPA in Ohio, 1938

Photos: Cincinnati Post

Silver Boy, Christmas, Sunday, December 25, 1955

Image: Private collection

(L-R, standing: Roger Wheeler, Jim Strickler, Debra Zimmer, Tom Slaughter, Lou Mastropolo;
L-R, kneeling: Gary Gordon, Harold Crist, Deb Pepper, Sean Malloy)

WLWT night crew, Bootleg Holiday Spot, Friday, December 24, 1976.

Screen capture: Private collection

Mabley & Carew Christmas windows, 5th & Vine Street, Cincinnati, 1895

Image: Cincinnati Public Library

"The Cincinnati Electric Club presented this decorated Christmas tree to the city. It stands on Fountain Square."
--Cincinnati Post, December 25, 1924

Image: Cincinnati Public Library Newspaper Archive

“The United States Patent Office issued this week 655 patents…Several were issued to Cincinnatians…Arthur P. Conant, Fort Thomas, Ky., assigned to a Chicago firm design patent 106015 covering a novel compact or similar article. His patent was taken out for a seven-year term.”
--Cincinnati Enquirer, September 18, 1937

Image: US Patent Office

Action News set, WLWT, Studio B Crosley Square, mid 70s.

Image: Private collection