Urban Dwellings radio essays are broadcast periodically on WVXU 91.7 FM during Cincinnati Edition, Saturdays & Sundays, 7 to 8 a.m. Each essay is a 2- to 3-minute audio sketch of life in Cincinnati’s urban core. Essays copyright 2007-9, Katherine T. Durack.

Mencken’s Mischief and the Bathtub Room

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Was the bathtub first brought into private homes in Cincinnati?

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