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OARBAC Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest Collection
Description: Photograph showing three men and a woman, all in patriotic dress and holding flags, posed in a corn field. They wear hats that read "Slagle." The image was submitted by photographer Nelson Slagle of Huntington Beach, California, in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. Slagle provided the following caption: "Slide was taken July 4, 1976 at 1154 Columbus-Sandusky Road (Rt 98), Marion, Ohio the morning before the Slagle family (Emily, Jim, John, & Gene) rode in the Marion Bicentennial Parade. Gene Slagle was State Senator representing the 26th district. The slide projects the bicentennial spirit as it was taken on the nations 200th birthday in a bountiful field of corn and included campaign hats and American flags. The corn is much taller than July 4th knee high standard." 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_B02F145_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Families; Flags; Corn; Agriculture; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Fourth of July celebrations;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)