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August 1908. Greeno Spring Works, factory where Harry McShane was injured. 314 Yeatman Alley, Cincinnati. View full size. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
I live in Cincinnati and was trying to find out where this building was. I found an old map that shows a Yeatman running between Main and Broadway down by the river.
This is where Great American Ballpark is today (where the Cincinnati Reds play).
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