Category: Miscellaneous

Posted in 1880s Miscellaneous

1888: Walks About Cincinnati

Farny worked with Baldwin and Company to create this “Walks about Cincinnati“, a publication that was likely created for visitors to Cincinnati as part of the 1888 Exposition. Farny, having…

Posted in 1880s Miscellaneous

1883-12: The NY Bijou Theatre Curtain

In 1883, Farny and Dewitt C. Waugh collaborated on a theatre screen for the Bijou theatre in New York City. The screen was a big hit. The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted…

Posted in 1870s Miscellaneous

1879-09: Farny Decorates Display Wagon for the Royer Wagon Co’s Expo Procession Entry

For the annual Cincinnati Exposition Procession in 1879, a parade that wandered through downtown Cincinnati celebrating the yearly expo, the Royer Wagon Company hired Henry Farny to decorate a wagon….

Posted in 1870s Miscellaneous

1877-05: Frank Dengler’s Bust of Henry Farny

The Cincinnati Commercial published on May 18, 1877, a note that Frank Dengler, the same sculptor pictured with Frank Duveneck and Henry Farny in a photo from 1874 (seen below),…