Photos of the hometown where my ancestors lived in the 1800's and early 1900's. All of these photos are at the Butler County Historical Society [BCHS] in Butler County, Ohio.

• Hamilton, Ohio 1866 (121 KB)
  Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1866 during one of the floods of the Great Miami River.[BCHS photo]
• 1890's Ladies in Hamilton, Ohio (271 KB)
  Some ladies on Dayton Street in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in the 1890's. Their names were (left to right): Pearl Wood, Ella Hume and Robin Hughes. The lady in the back is unidentified.[BCHS photo]
• Fairgrounds in Hamilton, Ohio c. early 1900's (93 KB)
  The Butler County Fairgrounds in the early 1900's with people watching the horse races. In Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. The fairgrounds was called 'Camp Hamilton' during the Civil War and was used for the Civil War soldiers in the 1860's.[BCHS photo]
• 1908 Hamilton, Ohio's old Civil War soldiers (292 KB)
  Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1908 with Hamilton's old Civil War soldiers from the Ohio 35th. Infantry (O.V.I.) [1861-1864]. The soldiers came from different cities in Butler County. My Civil War soldier ancestor came from Milford Twp., Butler County, Ohio and later lived in Hamilton after the war.[BCHS photo]
• 1915 Hamilton, Ohio's new bridge (376 KB)
  The new bridge in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1915. This bridge was destroyed in 2005 to build another new bridge.[BCHS photo]
• Hamilton, Ohio's Miami-Erie Canal c.1890's (83 KB)
  The Miami Erie Canal in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in the 1890's.[BCHS photo]
• Trolley Car in Hamilton, Ohio (210 KB)
  A trolley street car in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1895.[BCHS photo]
• 1927 Hamilton, Ohio's new hotel (127 KB)
  The dedication of the new Anthony Wayne hotel in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in 1927.[BCHS photo]

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