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Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966
Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966

Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center 1966

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    Description

    Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for
    the new Ohio History Center.
    August 22, 1966
    Governor James Rhodes used an Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center, shown here on on
    August 22, 1966
    . The Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) moved to the new building, located near the Ohio State Fairground on Velma Avenue, after 53 years in the Ohio State Museum building on High Street near the entrance to The Ohio State University
    Pictured in the first photograph are (left to right): Trustees Don E. Weaver, Wayne J. Graf, and Harold J. Grimm, architect Byron Ireland, Governor James Rhodes, Senator Robert Shaw, Representatives Keith McNamara and Jerry O'Shaughnessy. The second photograph shows (left to right): OHS President Daniel R. Porter, trustee Fred J. Milligan, Governor James Rhodes and trustee Don E. Weaver. W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building.