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The Ross Avenue House was a wine and beer saloon owned by Fred Ahrens in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fred's wife, Henrietta Hücke Ahrens is seated with their seven children in front of the saloon. Fred is standing at the right side of the family group sporting a goatee. Customers and bystanders surround them. In 1893 Fred Ahrens bought a farm in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, and moved to Iowa with his family. In 1895, Fred Ahrens died in a farm accident.
Title Ross Ave House
Alternative TitleRoss Avenue House
Index Date 1880
Date Issued 1880?
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance James Ahrens
Topic Ahrens, Henrietta Hücke, 1846-1920
Topic Bars (Drinking establishments)
Topic Ahrens, Frederick, 1843-1895
Geographic Chester (Poweshiek County, Iowa : Township)
Geographic Cincinnati (Ohio)
Keyword 1880s
Keyword Agriculture
Keyword Chester
Keyword Family Life
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre photograph
Extent 1 sheet, 8 inches x 10 inches
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:12910
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/12910
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Type of Resource still image
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