UA Archives | Upper Arlington History

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The UA Archives program provides access to materials related to the culture and history of Upper Arlington, Ohio, and is the digital library initiative of the Upper Arlington Public Library. The UA Archives website presents original documents, photographs, maps, and other media. Through the UA Archives, the Library cultivates ongoing partnerships with the Upper Arlington Historical Society, the City of Upper Arlington, the Upper Arlington City School District, community organizations, and individuals to digitize items of historical interest and make them available to the public.

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Children Playing in the Snow, 1919

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  • Faylinn Byrne said:
    My great-grandma has a few pictures like this of her and her brothers playing around in the snow when they were little. The sleds that they used back then, though, were way different. Although I am fine with the plastic sleds that we use today, I would love to try out one of these old wooden sleds one day. www.hawnice.com/snow

World War I Soldiers' Reception at the American Y.M.C.A. in Liverpool, 1918

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Early Settler's Cabin, Central Ohio

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  • jamica1 said:
    Not that I want to tell you your business or anything but I wonder about the word "crude" here. That has a lot of negative baggage associated with it. Perhaps it does not give full weight to the appropriateness and indeed creativity of vernacular building forms. Further, as has been argued for other forms of pioneer technology, very rational decisions were made about how to employ various resources of labor, time, capital and materials to achieve some necessary immediate objectives. Plain, yes, unadorned, yes, but I'm not sure myself that I'd make so bold as to label it "crude".
  • UA Archives | Upper Arlington History said:
    Thank you for your thoughts, jamica1 -- you're right that some words have multiple connotations. While there are a few definitions of the word "crude" that could be viewed negatively, the definition intended here was simply "belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness."
  • jamica1 said:
    Fair enough.
  • lisabc99 said:
    Was this John Brickell's cabin or only one like it?

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