Green Line System papers, 1880-1986 1932-1958 (bulk dates).

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Green Line System papers, 1880-1986 1932-1958 (bulk dates).

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These are documents, records, and photographs of the Green Line System, an amalgamation of traction companies which served the northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area since 1876. The collection includes photographs of the 1933, 1936 and 1937 Ohio River floods in the Cincinnati area, and views of the Greater Cincinnati Airport site before construction. A photograph of A.B. "Happy" Chandler and Dizzy Dean is signed by both men. Recently acquired materials provide information on TANK (Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky) and ATE Management and Service Company which now operate the transit industry in northern Kentucky.

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Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938

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Public utilities magnate, Chicago, IL. Born in England in 1859, Samuel Insull became the private secretary and bookkeeper for Col. George E. Gouraud, London agent of Thomas Edison, in 1879. Insull emigrated to the United States in 1881 to become the private secretary of Edison. While working for Edison he was in charge of establishing the Edison Machine Works at Schenectady, New York; the second Vice President in charge of the manufacturing and selling departments of Edison General Electric; and...

Dixie Traction Company.

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Dean, Dizzy, 1910-1974

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Greater Cincinnati Airport

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Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky.

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Green Line System.

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The Green Line System, whose corporate title was the Cincinnati, Newport and Covington Transportation Company, was an amalgamation of several northern Kentucky street railways which served the northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area beginning in 1876. The company also acquired the Dixie Traction Company which operated buses, cars, and limousines. The name of the parent company changed several times; it was first called the South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company, and then named the Cinci...

Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...

Cincinnati, Newport and Covington Transportation Company.

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Ringo, David Leer, 1912-

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