RARE 17-27 INCH LITHOGRAPH HAMILTON OHIO GREENWOOD CEMETERY

THE ONLY ONE KNOWN TO SURVIVE IS THIS NEAR PERFECT LITHOGRAPH CIRCA 1853. PROBABLY FROM A COUNTY MAP OF BUTLER COUNTY. HISTORY SHOWS CLEARLY THE FOUNDING OF GREENWOOD CEMETERY ORGANIZED BY THE BROTHER OF HERO CIVIL WAR SOLDIER MINOR MILLIKIN WHO DIED A CHICKAMAUGA. JOHN MILLIKIN WAS PRESIDENT OF GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND LAID OUT THE BOUNDRYS AND PLANS FOR THE CEMETERY. A WELL KNOWN OHIO POLITICAL LEADER AND FAMOUS FAMILY OF HAMILTON OHIO. ACCORDING TO RECORDS ON THE BACK, THIS LITHOGRAPH IS THE EARLIEST ONE KNOWN OF BUTLER COUNTY. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PRINT ARE ALSO 4 RARE SMALLER LITHOGRAPHS, JUST AS BEAUTIFUL OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS.
1. GREENLAND STEAM AND HORSE POWER ICEHOUSE, HAMILTON
2. JAMES COLLER AND CO. STEAM ICEWORKS ON THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER SIX MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON (FAIRFIELD OHIO NOW)
3. DAVID HUSTON HOME ESTATE FAIRFIELD TWP
4. FAMOUS ESTATE IMAGE OF CELEDON SYMMES HOME, FAIRFIELD TWP(CURRENTLY FAIRFIELD, OHIO )
THESE 4 LITHOGRAPHS ARE EQUALLY VALUABLE
THE FRAME IS 4 FEET BY 3 FEET. SHOULD BE SOLD WITHOUT THE FRAME TO AVOID EXPENSIVE SHIPPING CHARGES. A GREAT CHANCE TO VIEW EARLY HAMILTON OHIO BUILDINGS AND HOMES OF FAMOUS LOCAL CITIZENS OF BUTLER COUNTY IN THE 1850* S . THE SYMMES FAMILY OWNED ALL THE LAND FROM ROSS OHIO PAST HAMILTON OHIO TO SEVEN MILE OHIO FROM THE 1700S THRU 1860S. DIED BROKE FROM POOR INVESTMENTS... BURIED IN FAIRFIELD OHIO OVER-LOOKING THE CURRENT FAIRFIELD Y.M.C.A. ON NILLES BLVD. A MUST FOR A BUTLER COUNTY OHIO HISTORIAN... VERY LARGE PRINT...

$ 175.00