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Taft Museum Paintings and Other Items

                                                       
Mr. Charles Phelps Taft      Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft                                        William Howard Taft    
          By Raimundo De Madrazo (1841-1920                                                      By Joaquin Bastida

                                         
Robert Louis Stevenson             The Sleeping Soldier            Portrait of a Young Man       Young Woman 
  By John Singer Sargent              By Gerard Ter Borch                                       By Frans Hals                            

                       
Changing Pastures      Portrait of Young Man   Song of the Talking Wire     Maria Walpole          Vaches A L'abreuvoir
  By Anton Mauve               By Rembrandt               By Henry Farny             By Gainsborough         By Constant Troyon

                                                            
Edward & William Tomnkinson    Physician Visiting Sick Girl           Mademoiselle Gonin                       Duncan Fife                 
By Thomas Gainsborough                    By Jan Steen                             By  J.A.D.  Ingres                            Side Chair                

 

                                               
Edward Satchwell Fraser           Queen Maria Luisa            Cobbler's Apprentice           The Sewing Room at Katwijk      
By Sir Henry Raeburn      By Francisco Jose de Goya      By Frank Duveneck                      By Joseph Israels             

                                   
     The Ladies Maryborough              A View On A High Road       Landscape With Cattle & Figures            Old London Bridge          
By Sir Thomas Lawrence                By Jacob Van Ruisdael                  By Meindert Hobbema                       By J.M.W. Turner    

                                                                                
Francois De Cleves Duc De Nevers                    Head of a Laughing Child With a Flute                        Man Leaning On a Sill          
By Leonard Limosin                                                    By Frans Hals                                                       By Rembrandt      

                                                   
Joaquin Rodriguez Costillares     The Music Lesson          Mother And Child       Mrs. Mary Robinson      Portrait of Elderly Woman      
By Francisco Jose Goya       By Pieter De Hooch    By Jean Francois Millet   By Sir Joshua Reynolds    By Rembrandt Van Rijn 

                                         
Landscape With Figures & Cattle          Paolina Adorno                    Les Environs De Paris                           Evening Solitude             
        By Thomas Gainsborough          By Sir Anthony Van Dyck                By J.B.C. Corot                     By Charles Francois Daubigny      

                                               
       The Crucifixion                  The Music Lesson                Saltcellar of Saint            Porcelain Jar with Cover
    painted enamel                     Peter de Hooch                   Porchaire Faience               Chinese  1662-1722 
French 15th Century                      1629-1683                           16th Century                                                      

                               
      The Brook                                Les Sphinx                            Le Lion Amoureux                Chrysanthemums
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot                                      Jean-Babtiste Huet                                           Chinese Porcelain         

                             
               Dedham Mill              Mrs. Jane Fraser-Tytler          Mrs. Gwyn            Mrs. John Johnson
    By John Constable 1931       By Sir Henry Rayburn    By John Hoppner       By George Romney

To see some other Taft cards check out the Parades section on the entertainment Page

WM.  HOWARD  TAFT  BIRTHDAY  COVER

ROBERT  A. TAFT  FIRST DAY COVERS

   William Howard Tafts eldest son, Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), served as a United States Senator from 1939 until his death in 1953. He ran for President in 1940-1948-1952. He was known as "Mr. Republican". The 4 cent stamp shown was issued in his honor on Oct. 10, 1960. The first cover is a hand drawn cover.

J.F.K. Memorial Issue

   The first non-postcard image is a map showing all the annexations to the city up to 1940. It gives the date of the annexation and shows very clearly the growth of Cincinnati.

WILLIAM  HENRY  HARRISON

       The ninth President of the United States William Henry Harrison had his home in North Bend and is where he is buried.

1853 Painting of his home & Tomb

                        
            Original tomb showing neglect in left card at the turn of the Century.            

       
New Tomb

               
Harrison Home

                      
                                    Harrison Spring                                          Hard water spring       Soft water spring

Present Day Photo

GOVERNOR  JOHN M. PATTISON

   Two cards showing the O.N.G. at the funeral in Milford of  John M. Pattison, 43rd governor of Ohio. Elected 11 / 1905,  Died 06 / 1906. He was also president of Union Central Life Insurance Co. He died from Bright's disease. The last 3 cards are of the Governors Home, Promont, in Milford. This Victorian Italianate mansion was built between 1865 and 1867 by William Megrue. Megrue managed to lose his fortune before construction was completed in 1867 and in 1869 Megrue's estate sold the property to John Armstrong Wade who called it "Beechwood." Milford residents began referring to the mansion as "the Castle" because of its attached tower that rises 5 stories from the basement to its observation room. Wade lost the mansion thru foreclosure and Pattison bought the property and its 56 acres in 1879. Pattison's father-in-law called it Promont because of its location high above the city of Milford. After his death ownership passed through several owners until it was left to the Milford Historical Society in 1983, where it is now headquartered. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Birds-eye-view of Promont Today

U. S. GRANT

   Although not actually in the Cincinnati area, it's close by and his parents home from 1859 to  1873 was at 518-520 Greenup Street across the Ohio river in Covington Ky. (it still stands).

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