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OARBAC Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest Collection
Description: Photograph of a Bicentennial flag made of paper chains hanging in a classroom during a "Spirit of '76" community-school Bicentennial event in Perrysburg, Ohio, February 21, 1976. The image was submitted by photographer Karen McCready of Ashland, Ohio, in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. She titled the photograph "One Nation Indivisible." In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F111_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Flags; Classrooms; Arts and crafts
Places: Perrysville (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)