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Spring 1941. "View under Roebling Suspension Bridge of Cincinnati from Kentucky side of the Ohio River. Waterfront showing numerous business houses: Colter Grocers, Cincinnati Grain & Hay, King Bag, Queen City Rag & Paper and others." 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.
Here's a take on what the original might have looked like in colour, as interpreted by your friendly neighbourhood AI at palette.fm. The AI can get colour details wrong but this result worked out pretty well.
[The u in colour and neighbourhood are there on purpose. I'm Canadian.]
Completed in 1867, Roebling's bridge in Cincinnati was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet. Later that year, he was selected to build an even longer suspension connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Someone posted a photo on Google Maps from almost the same angle. The king and queen are gone. The only thing that appears to still be there is the building with the dunce hat roof on the left.
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