Thursday, January 23, 2014

Still Nothing from You

Tyler-Davidson Fountain (Cincinnati, OH)

Postmarked 24 January 1907
Cincinnati, Ohio

Message:
Wed. Jan 23/07/ Arrived here this morning. Still nothing from you. Back here again after Louisville and shall espect [sic] telegraph or letter before end of week. Love from R.
"On October 6, 1871, Henry Probasco presented the fountain to the people of Cincinnati as a memorial to his brother-in-law, Tyler Davidson. Cast by Ferdinand von Muller, Director of the Royal Bronze Foundry of Bavaria, the fountain followed plans drawn by August von Kreling. The 9-foot central figure, the Genius of Water, stands with arms outstretched over groupings of figures representing the uses of water. For its hundredth birthday celebration on October 16, 1971, the Tyler Davidson Fountain was renovated, moved to a new location on Fountain Square Plaza and turned to face west instead of east." (Cincinnati Historical Society)

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