“They have secured a most eligible as well as handsome sight.” These words are found in 1st Annual Report of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The board of trustees had just recently accepted a generous offer from the government of Franklin County to locate the new land-grant university in the state’s capital. With an endowment from the sale of federal lands and nearly matching funds from the county, construction soon began on what today we know as The Ohio State University. In the new photographic compendium Time and Change: 150 Years of The Ohio State University (Ohio State Press, 2019,) chief archivist Tamar Chute curates a collection of distinct and often rare images sure to tug on the heart strings of Buckeyes young and old. The Mirror Pond, past and present. Watch as the iconic Oval takes shape. See the historic Horseshoe rise from the fields. This in-depth assemblage…
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