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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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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?

1890 Tremont Road in 1918

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  • Josh Escobar said:
    click this link is flickr 1890 in color adf.ly/XTCFW and skip adds in the way lol

Charlie Holt with Horse Drawn Mower in Miller Park, 1918

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  • Sjar Adona said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Monochrome & Sepia Horse Shots !, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • UA Archives | Upper Arlington History said:
    Glad you like it!
  • jamica1 said:
    A salutary reminder of how important the horse as a draught animal remained deep into the era of mechanized farming.
  • UA Archives | Upper Arlington History said:
    Thanks, that's an excellent point!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Similar but not the same machine

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