Columbus Neighborhoods
Connecting Generations Through History
Season 8 Episode 21 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover a few stories in Central Ohio that have been passed down through the generations.
What is learned about history often gets passed down through the generations. Discover a few of these stories; including a collection donated to the Ohio History Connection that documents one family’s account of the 1937 Portsmouth flood, a mom who authored a book to connect her son to their Andean culture and a photo collection from the 1990s documenting the revitalization of the Short North.
Columbus Neighborhoods is a local public television program presented by WOSU
Columbus Neighborhoods
Connecting Generations Through History
Season 8 Episode 21 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
What is learned about history often gets passed down through the generations. Discover a few of these stories; including a collection donated to the Ohio History Connection that documents one family’s account of the 1937 Portsmouth flood, a mom who authored a book to connect her son to their Andean culture and a photo collection from the 1990s documenting the revitalization of the Short North.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE HAVE HAD NATURAL DISASTERS THAT AFFECTED US AS A NATION BUT ALSO IMPACTED US ON A LOCAL AND PERSONAL LEVEL.
THE GREAT FLOOD OF -- DEVASTATED COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND HIT OHIO HARD.
THE OHIO RIVER FLOOD OF 1937 HAD A MUCH MORE LOCALIZED IMPACT.
THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION RECEIVED LETTERS FROM A FAMILY THAT GIVE US INSIGHT INTO A MOMENTOUS TIME.
HERE IS THAT STORY.
>> WHEN YOU VISIT ANYMORE -- ANY MUSEUM THERE ARE COLLECTIONS ON DISPLAY BUT THERE ARE OTHERS IN STORAGE.
TODAY WE ARE AT THE OHIO HISTORY CENTER WHERE THERE A OPENING --ARE OPENING UP THEIR VAULT FOR US.
WE ARE HERE AT THE OHIO HISTORY CENTER.
CAN YOU SET UP THE COLLECTION WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY?
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR MANUSCRIPT SELECTION AND DATES BACK TO 1937.
IT DOCUMENTS THE EXPERIENCE OF SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THE 1937 FLOOD, THE OHIO RIVER FLOOD AND WHAT'S REALLY FUN AND -- I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE FLOOD.
CAN YOU SET US UP ABOUT THE HISTORY?
>> THE OHIO RIVER FLOODED THE BEGINNING OF 1937 , JANUARY IT STARTS RAINING AND IT KEEPS RAINING AND REALLY THERE IS NO RELIEF FOR THOSE RIVERS.
ENFORCEMENT IS IN THE THICK OF IT AND WE SEE THE LETTER DATED FROM JANUARY 21st.
SHE DESCRIBES GOING DOWNTOWN TO WATCH THE FLOOD WALL AND EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY DECIDED TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES SHE DESCRIBES THAT AS -- WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS LETTER IS A SENSE OF WHEN WILL THIS END?
IF THIS WAS 1913 BY NOW IT WOULD HAVE STOPPED.
SHE WOULD HAVE BLUE SKIES.
SO THE WATERS ARE RISING AND THEY SLOWLY CARESSED AND I THINK IT IS RIGHT HERE ON TUESDAY THE FLOOD IS 73 FEET AND STILL RISING.
WE ARE ABOUT 13 OR 14 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD WALL AT THAT POINT.
>> THAT IS AMUSING THAT YOU HAVE THAT LETTER.
WHO WAS SHE WRITING TO?
>> SHE WAS WRITING TO HER SISTER.
IT WAS THE DEPRESSION.
THE HUSBAND GOT A JOB AT AN ORTHOPEDIC SHOE COMPANY AND SO THEY CAME FROM THE EAST COAST AND THEY WERE IMPORTS BUT ONLY FOR A FEW YEARS AND AT THE TIME OF THE FLOOD THE FATHER AND HUSBAND IS IN CALIFORNIA FOR BUSINESS BUT MARY ACTUALLY DESCRIBES HIM GETTING OUT OF QUITE A BIT OF WORK.
SHE WAS BUSY PACKING UP THE SHOP AND MOVING THINGS AND THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THE COLLECTION POINTS OUT IS THE WAY FAMILY MEMBERS TRY TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AT A TIME OF DISASTER.
>> I SEE A TELEGRAM.
>> THE TELEGRAM IS FROM MARY'S SISTER IN BOSTON.
SHE WRITES FOR THE PORTSMOUTH POLICE AND ASKED IF THEY CAN CHECK WITH EL KIMBALL, THE FATHER OF THE HOUSEHOLD TO ASCERTAIN IF THEY ARE OKAY AND ON THE BACK IS A HANDWRITTEN RESPONSE THAT SAYS WE CHECKED IN WITH THE CAMPBELL FAMILY THE MOM AND CHILDREN ARE OKAY AND SO THEY TOOK THAT BACK TO BOSTON AND THIS IS JANUARY 27th.
MARY STARTS WRITING HER ACCOUNT OF THIS TO HER SISTER BEFORE THAT INCLUDES THAT SHE KNOWS THIS LETTER WILL NOT MAKE IT.
SHE SAYS SHE SEES EVERYTHING AND IT WON'T GET THERE UNTIL PROBABLY A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS.
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY DID RIGHT ON THE BACK OF THAT AND THEY WERE OKAY, WERE THEY?
>> YES.
THEY BROUGHT IN REFUGEES FROM ELSEWHERE IN PORTSMOUTH SO THE LETTER TALKS ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY HAVING TO SLEEP TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO INVITE OTHER FAMILIES TO STAY WITH THEM.
MARY WRITES TO HER SISTER AND SAYS I PUT THEM IN --AND EXPECTED TO REFUGEES TO STAY WITH US SO M IS EMILY, SHE IS NINE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE FLOOD.
EMILY IS THE DONOR OF THIS COLLECTION.
SHE IS NINE SHE GOES THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE AND WHEN SHE IS 90 THE PERSON WHO HAS COLLECTED HER FAMILY MEMORY OF THE FLOOD AND HAS GIVEN IT TO A HISTORICAL SITE.
IN TERMS OF BUILDING A RESOURCE CONNECTION YOU MIGHT HAVE A SMALL CONSOLATION OF THESE PRIMARY SOURCES.
>> THIS IS FROM THE PORTSMOUTH FLOOD AND THERE ARE ALSO NEWER EVENTS HAPPENING.
IS REMARKABLE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING THROUGH SOMETHING AND WRITING IT.
VERSUS LIVING THROUGH IT AND TAKING THE TIME AND HAVING THE MENTAL SPACE TO RECORD YOUR EXPERIENCE OF IT.
LET'S SAY WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS ARE INCLUDED AND PUT OUT CALLS FOR PEOPLE'S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS.
SOME PEOPLE WERE READY TO SHARE THAT AND SOME WERE NOT.
AND THAT PROBABLY DEPENDS ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS ALSO A SENSE THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY OUT OF IT.
THAT IS AN ONGOING THING.
I THINK IT IS THAT BALANCE OF HAVING THE SPACE TO EVEN -- IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING YOUR THINGS IN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS OPPOSED TO SAVING WHAT YOU CAN IN THE MOMENT AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR LOVED ONE IN THE MOMENT WHICH IS I THINK WHY THIS IS SUCH A GREAT COLLECTION BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE SISTERS TRYING TO CONNECT.
I THINK THAT TRUE CERTAINLY THROUGH OTHER EVENTS.
>> I LOVE THIS AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS COLLECTION.
I THINK IT REALLY SHEDS LIGHT ON TIME AND HISTORY THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT , THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING US INTO THE VAULT.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>>> PASSING DOWN STORIES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IS A KEY PART OF PRESERVING FAMILY HISTORY.
IN OUR NEXT STORY ONE WOMAN WANTED TO MAKE SURE HER SON STAYED CONNECTED TO THEIR INDIAN HERITAGE IF SHE GOT CREATIVE AND WROTE A CHILDREN'S BOOK.
NEXT TO THAT EXPERIENCE SHE IS NOW TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO PASS ON THEIR FAMILY ROOTS TWO GENERATIONS TO COME .
>> WE DON'T JUST COME UP WITH NARRATIVES ABOUT RF AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE.
WE LIVE IT EVERY DAY IN OUR HOMES WITH THE THINGS WE PUT AROUND US AND THE MUSIC WE PLAY TENSELY WITH THE BOOKS THAT WE READ AT NIGHT TO OUR KIDS OR THE STORIES AND ANECDOTES THAT WE SHARE ABOUT OUR FAMILY THAT IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MILES AWAY.
>> I GREW UP IN ECUADOR AND WHEN I GREW UP THERE WAS A NATIONAL APOLOGY OF MISSED ASSESSMENT SO A LOT OF OUR TEACHING WAS FOCUSED ON THE URBAN AREAS .
WE DIDN'T REALLY LEARN THAT MUCH ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY AND SO WHEN I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES I WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR COLLEGE AND I STARTED LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT MY COUNTRY .
IT WAS A COMBINATION OF CURIOSITY AND AMAZEMENT AND ALSO EMBARRASSMENT THAT I KNOW THAT MY OWN COUNTRY.
IT LED ME DOWN THE PATH OF ETHICS AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
I AM ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THIS CHILDREN BOOK CALLED " ON THE WINGS OF THE."
>> THE KIDS GREW UP FAR FROM THEIR COUNTRIES AND FEEL DISCONNECTED SO THEY WERE TELLING THE STORY OF MY FRIEND AND WE WANTED TO CONNECT THAT IN SOME WAYS TO FAMILY HISTORY.
PEOPLE THAT PASSED AWAY.
ALSO CONNECTED TO LIKE A CULTURAL HISTORY.
LET HIM KNOW THAT HE HAS ROOTS IN THIS CULTURE AND THAT HE KNOWS THINGS ABOUT THIS CULTURE.
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I TRAVELED TO CUSCO AND MacHU PICCHU FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY FATHER PASSING AWAY.
I WAS PREGNANT WITH KAI IN MY SECOND TRIMESTER AND DECIDED I NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF -- DURING THAT SPECIAL TIME AND THAT'S WHERE THE BOOK WAS BORN.
SORT OF DOCUMENTING THIS JOURNEY THAT I WAS DOING FOR MYSELF TO HONOR MY DAD BUT ALSO TO SORT OF INTRODUCE THESE TWO SOULS THAT WERE NOT QUITE IN THIS WORLD SOMEHOW BUT CONNECTED IN MANY WAYS.
>> I JUST DID A WORK DOCUMENT AND THE WORD DOCUMENT KIND OF LAID IT OUT VERY SIMPLE IN LOOKED AT IT AND ENCOURAGED ME TO GO AHEAD AND PUBLISH IT SO I TURNED IT INTO A BOOK.
THE BOOK MIGHT HAVE A FUTURE WITH A CHILDREN'S PRESS AT SOME POINT.
IT IS SORT OF A LOVE LETTER FOR MY FRIEND IN MANY WAYS.
ON THE WINGS OF THE CONDOR AND I HAVE A LITTLE DEDICATION THAT SAYS WITH LOVE FOR KAI .
ALTHOUGH YOU WERE BORN A PROUD SEVENTH GENERATION TEXAN YOUR FATHER AND I SENSED EARLY ON THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN --SOUL.
SO YOU --WHEN YOU ARE JUST A TINY BABY WE EMBARKED ON AN IMPORTANT JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE ANDES .
WE WOULD JOURNEY TO A PLACE HIGH IN THE CLOUDS , SOMEWHERE WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE ON THE WINGS OF THE CONDOR TO THE WORLD ABOVE WERE SPIRIT DELL --WELL AND TO -- WHERE OUR ANCESTORS LIVE AND WATCH OVER US.
>> SHE BROUGHT THE BOOK OUT AND I WAS SITTING WITH MY GRANDMA ON THE COUCH AND ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING ON.
IT WAS ME, MY MOM AND MY GRANDMA AT THE MOMENT.
BY THE END I WAS SO TOUCHED THAT TEARS WERE STREAMING DOWN MY FACE.
IT TOUCHED ME THAT MY MOM TALKED ABOUT ME AND LIKE WROTE THIS BOOK TO FURTHER CONNECT ME TO MY ROOTS AND I THINK THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL MOMENT FOR ME.
AND SHE WOULD TELL ME STORIES GROWING UP ABOUT ECUADOR AND STORIES OF HER GROWING UP AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW MORE AND DIVE IN .
>> HE GREW UP AROUND THESE THINGS AND ALSO HIS WOULD COME AROUND AND THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED SOME OF THESE THINGS SO IT IS A WAY OF CREATING AND BRINGING ANOTHER ELEMENT OF CULTURE AROUND US.
EVENTUALLY YOU AND I TACKLED A CERTAIN MOUNTAIN CALLED -- AND I CHECKED WITH MY DOCTOR TO MAKE SURE I CAN HIKE THAT THING WHILE I WAS PREGNANT WITH YOU AND A LITTLE OLD LADY PASSED ME ON THE TRAIL .
I REMEMBER THAT, BUT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY EACH DAY AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ADMITTED .
FROM THE SUMMIT YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY THAT THE CITY OF MacHU PICCHU IS IN THE SHAPE OF A CONDOR.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
HERE IS THE HEAD.
AND THESE ARE THE WINGS.
IS THAT NOT IMPRESSIVE?
>> I WASN'T BORN YET BUT I WAS THERE AND WE WENT ON THAT JOURNEY AND WE HAVE GONE BACK AND CONTINUED .
I DON'T THINK THE JOURNEY HAS EVER ENDED FOR MYSELF AND MY MOTHER.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO CONTINUE AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECONNECTING WITH MY CULTURE THERE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IS WHERE THAT JOURNEY IS REALLY TAKING OFF LIKE WHERE I AM GOING TO DISCOVER THINGS ABOUT MYSELF.
>> FOR MANY OF US WHO MIGRATE THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CULTURE, RIGHT?
IT IS SORT OF INCREASING THAT, EMBRACING THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE ARE NOT JUST BORN KNOWING THINGS .
IT IS THE FACT THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE FROM A PLACE DOES NOT MEAN WE UNDERSTAND ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE.
IT IS PROFOUND AND IT DOES INVOLVE SOME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT OR DETERMINATION TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE ARE ALL PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US.
IT IS PART OF VALUING THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE AMAZING STORIES THAT WE EACH HAVE BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE PART OF A BIGGER HISTORY AND CULTURE AND BRINGING THAT INTO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES AND SHARING EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES IS IMPORTANT.
>> I HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MYSELF AND MY ROOTS AND THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO LEARN.
WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD AND MOLD MY CHARACTER.
THEY BELIEVE THAT -- WAS A MESSENGER BETWEEN WORLDS.
IN THIS WORLD , THE WORLD OF NATURE .
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MASTERPIECE.
IT JUST HAS TO BE HEARTFELT AND I THINK THAT THE CHILDREN TAKE IT THAT WAY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
IT JUST HAS TO BE SOMETHING THEY COULD RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES AND THAT THEY CAN RECOGNIZE LIKE THE HOME THAT THEY HAVE GROWN UP IN AND REALIZE THESE LITTLE THINGS DO CONNECT TO SPOT SOME INK SOMEHOW.
>> THE GROUP ALWAYS HAS A LIFE AFTER IT'S DONE.
>> I HAD BEEN ASKED TO DO A READING FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND OUR LIBRARY AND SAID NO, THIS IS LIKE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT AND STILL WE STARTED WORKING ON A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.
I USE THE BOOK AS A PROTOTYPE OR A MODEL FOR INTERGENERATIONAL WORKSHOPS WHERE GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS AND KIDS WORK TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR FAMILIES DORIES THEN HAVE EIGHT THEORIES THAT THEY CAN PUT IN THE LIBRARY.
MAYBE THEY DON'T GROW UP WITH A SENSE OF LIKE AN EPIC STORY AND THAT THEY ARE PART OF THAT SO IN THAT WAY IT WAS SORT OF AN IDEA OF HOW CAN WE SHARE THIS OUT AND HOW CAN OTHER KIDS DISCOVER THEIR STORIES IN THE SAME WAY?
>> AVIATION HISTORY IS DEEP IN OHIO WITH FAMOUS FLYERS LIKE THE RIGHT OTHERS, JERRY MAUCH, NEIL ARMSTRONG AND JOHN GLENN ALL CALLING OHIO HOME BUT ONE VIEWER WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON A LESSER-KNOWN AVIATION PRODIGY NAMED CROMWELL DIXON.
THE PRODUCERS FOR CURIOUS -- WERE ALSO INTRIGUED SO THEY DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE.
HERE'S WHAT THEY FOUND.
>> W OSU ANSWER HIS QUESTION ABOUT YOUR REGION, ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE.
JAY COSTA WROTE IN TO ASK ABOUT THE LOCAL VICTORY, -- DIXON GREW UP IN COLUMBUS'S UNIVERSITY DISTRICT WHERE HIS ENGINEERING TALENT MADE HIM A LOCAL CELEBRITY.
HE STARTED BY BUILDING COMPLEX CONTRAPTIONS IN HIS GARAGE INCLUDING A ROLLER COASTER AND A MOTORCYCLE AND EVENTUALLY HE TURNED TO AVIATION.
AT THE TIME AIRPLANES WERE JUST STARTING TO GET OFF THE GROUND.
LARGE GAS FIELDS BALLOONS WERE MUCH MORE COMMON.
HE DESIGNED HIS OWN -- MADE OF BICYCLE PARTS AND AN ENORMOUS SILK BALLOON.
HE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF HIS SKY CYCLE IN 1905 AT THE AGE OF 13.
THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN TEST FLIGHTS ON OHIO STATE CAMPUS.
DIXON BECAME SO WELL-KNOWN AMONGST THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT THAT HE WON THE OHIO EIGHT-FOOT MASCOT IN 1906 LONG BEFORE BRUTUS BUCKEYE WAS CREATED.
FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WAS VERY ASK ENSIGN.
MOST OF THE INITIAL INVESTMENTS CAME FROM HIS MOTHER WHO IS ABLE TO RAISE $10,000 FROM INVESTORS IN ST. LOUIS.
HE COMPLETED HIS SKY CYCLE WHICH HE NAMED THE MOON IN 1907.
HIS FIRST FLIGHT WAS A LEISURELY HOUR-LONG FLOAT ABOVE THE COLUMBUS DRIVING PARK RACETRACK NOW HOME TO THE DRIVING PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
AFTER SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS OF THE RACETRACK DIXON BEGAN PERFORMING DAILY AT A PARK IN CLINTONVILLE.
OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS DIXON TOOK THE MOON TO AIR SHOWS IN AUSTIN, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND WHERE THOUSANDS FLOCKED TO SEE HIS SKY CYCLE IN ACTION.
HE STARTED A NEW CHAPTER IN HIS AVIATION CAREER.
HE STARTED USING THE FIXED WING AIRPLANE AND BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN THE WORLD WITH A PILOTS LICENSE.
HE WAS 19.
THAT YEAR HE PERFORMED DARING FLIGHTS AT EXPOSITIONS ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND WORKED AS A GRAND REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UP- AND-COMING AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER, GRAHAM CURTIS.
IN 1911 HE TOOK OFF FROM MONTANA, FLEW OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
UNFORTUNATELY, DIXON'S CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY A FATAL ACCIDENT JUST THREE DAYS LATER.
AN EXPEDITION IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON HIT AND FELL 100 FEET INTO A ROCKY RAVINE.
DIXON'S REMAINS WERE TRANSPORTED BACK TO COLUMBUS WHERE HE WAS LAID TO REST AT FREMONT CEMETERY.
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF HIS FUNERAL DETAIL THE BOYS THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY FILLED WITH NEIGHBORS.
ALTHOUGH HIS CAREER ENDED TOO EARLY CROMWELL DIXON IS REMEMBERED TODAY AS A TRAILBLAZER IN AVIATION HISTORY.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
HEAD OVER TO WOSU.ORG/CURIOUS TO SUBMIT YOUR IDEA AND VOTE ON WHICH QUESTION WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE NEXT AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE COVERED SO FAR.
>> THIS PARTICULAR SET OF IMAGES ARE FROM A PORTER.
I ACTUALLY HAVE THE 1209 HIGH STREET.
WHAT I REMEMBER FROM THE SHORT MORRISON IN THE 90s IS A LOT OF BOTTOM BARS , HEAD SHOTS AND THINGS YOU WOULD THINK COLLEGE KIDS WOULD BE IN TWO OR LOCAL TALENT WOULD BE INTO SO I THINK ABOUT LIKE SOMEONE LIKE MIKE GRANDFATHER DRINKING AT A PLACE LIKE WHIPS LOUNGE OR THE SANDBAR AND I JUST LOVE THE PICTURES, THE BRICK WORK.
I KNOW WE HAVE A BURLESQUE BUILDING AND THAT WAS THE GARDEN.
WE HAD A BURLESQUE BUILDING AT THE TIME.
WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SHORT NORTH TAVERN.
NORTH HIGH STREET, A GREAT PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT.
I LOVE THE RESIDENTIAL IN SHORT NOURI THIS IS A SECTION ON THE SHORE NORTH THAT I DON'T THINK IS RESIDENTIAL ANYMORE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THIS WAS GOING THROUGH CHANGES AT THE TIME.
THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON SO IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL FREE SCAPE OF THE BUILDINGS.
IT IS NOT OFTEN WE HAVE AN ENTIRE COLLECTION AND I BELIEVE THESE WERE TAKEN BY DAVID LUCAS, PHOTOGRAPHER AT THE TIME.
THIS WAS JUST ONE BOX OF MANY WHERE WE GO DOWN THE STREET AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE NEGATIVES AND IT IS A GREAT COLLECTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND REMEMBER YOU CAN CATCH ALL OF OUR EPISODES ON YOUTUBE OR COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOOD.ORG.
PLUS SEE OUR STORIES ON THE W OSU MOBILE APP AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK ON COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
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The Mary Thorp Kimball collection documents the 1937 Ohio River flood in Portsmouth. (7m 55s)
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Discover a few stories in Central Ohio that have been passed down through the generations. (30s)
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Michelle Wibbelsman, OSU Associate Professor, wrote a book for her son's Andean heritage. (9m 49s)
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Aaron O'Donovan from Columbus Metropolitan Library shares photographs of 1990s Short North (2m 30s)
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