Snapshots of Over-the-Rhine

Most often the history of Over-the-Rhine is told from the perspective of white, European immigrants from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What is left out are the stories from the more recent past: the behind-the-scenes stories of working-class and low-income residents who made up the community in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.

In Snapshots, the Over-the-Rhine Museum Community Engagement Committee and curators from the neighborhood collect images that tell a different story about Over-the-Rhine. In showcasing these personal photographs, they hope to foster a connection between viewer, photographer, and subjects and illustrate the shared values between new and long-time residents. The exhibition features enlarged personal photographs printed that are hung in the storefront of the Over-the-Rhine Museum and on the adjacent fence line.

Curator: Anne Delano Steinert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati