>>> FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WE GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
JAVIER, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY >>> FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WE GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
JAVIER, DO YOU REMEMBER ANY TIDBITS FROM BACK THEN?
>> YES, I LEARNED ABOUT THE MOUNDS, I LOVE THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GOT TO VISIT.
>> IT GETS HARDER TO KEEP UP WITH THAT KIND OF HIS TOY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SO PLACES LIKE THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY MAINTAIN HISTORICAL ITEMS AND BUILDINGS AND ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES ON RESTORATION AND PRESS RACE.
>> WE WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN PRESERVING OHIO'S HISTORY, ARCHITECTURAL HIS TOIRCH JEFF DARBEE HAD A CHAN TO TOUR THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO FIND OUT MORE.
>> THIS IS 17th AVENUE WHERE THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS ARE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS THE HISTORY CENTER.
IT'S AN INTERESTING PLAYER, BOTH IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, WHICH IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION, AND THE WAY IT WAS BUILT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.
>> HI, BARB.
>> HI, JEFF.
WELCOME.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
IT'S THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTIONS HOME.
>> YES, IT IS.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
IT GOES BACK A LONG WAY, I THINK.
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES.
THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUND INDEED 1885, AND THEN IT WAS CALLED THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
IN FACT, IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A HOME OF ITS OWN UNTIL THE EARLY 20th CENTURY, WHEN SULLIVAN HALL WAS BUILT ON THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AT 15th AND HIGH STREET.
THAT BECAME THE FIRST HOME FOR THE OHIO HISTORY MUSEUM.
IT WAS A LIBRARY.
THEN LATER, IN THE '20s, THE STATE ALLOCATED AND APPOINTED IT TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF STATE RECORDS FROM STATE AGENCIES.
AND THEN IN 1957, ACTUALLY, WAS WHEN IT BECAME THE OFFICIAL STATE ARCHIVES FACILITY.
AT THAT TIME, THAT IS FUNCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS HOUSED IN WHAT'S NOW THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION, BUT IT WAS THE FORMER GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE ON EAST BROAD STREET.
>> YOU WOULD EXPECT A HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION TO STAY IN AN HISTORIC BUILDING, BUT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR PORTER, IN DESIGN AND ENVISIONING THE BUILDING WE'RE IN NOW, WANTED A MODERN, INSPIRING BUILDING, THAT DIDN'T COMPETE WITH THE COLLECTIONS HOUSED AND DISPLAYED IN THE BUILDING.
>> IT OPENED IN 1970, RIGHT?
>> YES, IT DID.
>> AND EVERYONE MOVED FROM THE TWO LOCATION INTO ONE.
>> UM-HMM.
>> I GUESS THERE'S A LOT TO SEE.
WE SHOULD GET STARTED.
>> YES, INDEED.
WE HAVE A LOT TO SHOW YOU IN OUR ICONIC BUILDING.
>> LEAD THE WAY.
OKAY.
THIS WAY.
>> OH, YES.
I'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT BOY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE FIRST TIME EVERY TIME.
IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE.
THERE'S THE MASTEDON.
NOW YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE HISTORY CENTER.
>> THIS SPACE IS THE LARGEST SPACE.
THIS MUSEUM FLOOR STRETCHES OUT FOR 3.5 ACRES.
>> WOW.
>> IT IS LAID OUT IN A TRIANGULAR SHAPE, WHICH WAS PURPOSEFUL, TO IDENTIFY AND HARKIN TO THE THREE MAJOR AREAS OF STUD WHY IS.
THAT, OF COURSE, IS NATURAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, PREHISTORIC, PREHISTORY, AND THEN OHIO'S HISTORY.
WE DO HAVE A WEALTH OF COLLECTION ON DISPLAY HERE IN ALL GALLERIES THAT STRETCH OUT FROM THIS MAIN CENTERPIECE OF THE MUSEUM FLOOR.
>> SO LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THE BUILDING, AND HOW IT WAS ARRANGED IN THE MIND OF THE ARCHITECT.
>> YES, BYRON IRELAND, THE ARCHITECT FOR THE BUILDING, HE TALKED ABOUT THIS DESIGN BEING REALLY TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS BUT CONNECTED THROUGH THE PLAZA LEVEL.
SO HIS DESIGN WAS A MONUMENTAL MODERN BUILDING THAT INCORPORATED THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION AT THAT TIME, WHICH OF COURSE WAS THE MUSEUM AND THEN THE ARCHIVES LIBRARY.
>> TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW THE STRUCTURE WAS PUT TOGETHER.
>> SURE.
THIS BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY POURED CONCRETE, AND IN FACT, IT WAS ALL FORMED ON SITE.
SO THERE'S NO PREFABRICATED SLABS.
ALL 21,000 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE WERE BROUGHT TO THE SITE AND POURED INTO FORMS THAT THEN CREATED THE BUILDING'S WALLS AND STRUCTURE.
ALL THE WALLS ARE WHAT'S CALLED BOARD-FORMED CONCRETE.
THEY WERE LINED WITH 2 BY 4 ROUGH HI FACED WOOD BOARDS, SO WHEN THE CONCRETE CURED, HARDENED, AND THE BOARDS WERE TAKEN AWAY, THE DIMENSION OF THE WOOD, THE GRAIN, KNOT HOLES AND ALL WERE LEFT IMPRINTED INTO THE CONCRETE SURFACE.
THAT WAS INTENTIONAL, IN FACT ALSO TO GIVE SOME HUMAN SCALE AND SOME WARMTH AND TEXTURE TO WHAT OTHERWISE IS JUST MASSIVE EXPANSES OF CONCRETE.
IT COMPLEMENTS SOME OF THE OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS USED IN THIS BUILDING.
ALL THE WOOD IN THE BUILDING IS NATURAL FINISHED OAK WOOD, AND THEN ALSO IT'S COMPLEMENTED BY THE TERRAZA TILING, AND THE GLAD.
IT WAS NOVEL AT THE TIME, CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT, AND CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY INNOVATIVE AT THE TIME.
>> I THINK I'M READY TO SEE MORE IF YOU'RE READY TO SHOW ME.
>> OKAY.
LET'S GO.
>> AFTER YOU.
>> HERE IS WHERE WE SEE THE MASSIVE CONCRETE BLOCK, 196 FEET SQUARE.
AND IT IS CANTILEVERED, MEANING LIKE MY ARM, IT'S ONLY SUPPORTED ON ONE END.
IT'S CANTILEVERED ON ALL FOUR SIDES 40 FEET.
THAT WAS ONE LASTEST SPANS TRIED TO DATE WHEN THIS BILLING WAS CONSTRUCTED.
YES, THE ARCHIVES LIBRARY READING ROOM IS WHAT IS SUSPENDED ABOVE US.
>> EXPLAIN THAT.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE A GREAT DEMONSTRATION TO HELP EXPLAIN THIS.
I HAPPEN TO HAVE A RUBBER BAND WITH ME.
>> OKAY.
>> THESE RUBBER BANDS SERVE AS THE CABLING THAT IS LAID WITHIN THE CONCRETE WALL BEAMS.
IF OUR HANDS ARE THE BEAMS AND THE CABLES ARE LAID IN IT, AS YOU MAKE A FIST, THAT'S THE CONCRETE OF THE BEAMS HARDENING, AND THEN PULLING THE HYDRAULIC JACKS TO TIGHTEN AS THE WALLS CURED AND HARDENED.
THAT IS THE POST-TENSION MECHANISM THAT'S ALLOWING THE BUILDING TO STAND UP.
IN FACT, I HAVE A GOOD STORY TO TELL.
PETER CORDA, OF CORDA ENGINEERING, WAS THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FOR THE BUILDING.
THE DAY, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF BUZZ.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ANDSH THOUGHT THE BUILDING WOULD FALL DOWN.
THIS AMOUNT OF SPAN HAD NOT BEEN DONE TO THIS EXTENT.
AS THE STORY GOES, PETER CORDA WAS SO CONFIDENT OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING, AS THE SCAFFOLDINGS WERE BEING PULL AWAY.
HE STOOD UNDER THE CANTILEVER, HARD HAT DRAWN, STRIKING A DRAMATIC POSE, I IMAGINE.
AS THE SCAFFOLDING WAS PULLED AWAY, THE BUILDING WAS DEFLECTED ABOUT A QUARTER INCH, AND I'M TOLD THAT THAT WAS IS, AND WE REMAIN OUR VISUAL ICONIC BUILDING WE ARE TODAY.
>> THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT.
IT'S A REAL MONUMENT TO WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED.
>> IT IS, INDEED.
THERE'S MORE TO SEE.
LET'S SEE WHAT ALL OF THIS IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING.
>> OKAY.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S LIBRARY.
>> NO, IT IS SPECTACULAR SPACE.
>> IT REALLY IS WONDERFUL.
>> NOW, THIS IS WHAT'S RESTING OVER THE TOP OF THAT OPEN PLAZA.
THIS READING ROOM RISES UP THREE STORIES, AND THIS SPACE TOO IS JUST TREMENDOUS IN SHOWING OFF AGAIN THE BOARD-FORMED CONCRETE, AND WE HAVE THE COPPERED CEILING, ALSO KNOWN AS WAFFLE SLAB CEILING.
AND THE NATURAL SKYLIGHTS AND THE OAK TAPES WERE PURPOSEFULLY DESIGNED FOR THIS SPACE.
>> AND IT'S A WORKING LIBRARY TO RESEARCH HISTORY.
>> IT'S A TREMENDOUS COLLECTION.
WE HAVE HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS TUCK FIND ANYWHERE OR EASILY ACCESS ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE DO HAVE RESEARCHERS COME HERE AND DO HISTORIC RESEARCH ON THEIR FAMILIES, ON OTHER ASPECTS OF OHIO HISTORY.
>> SO ANYONE CAN COME HERE TO DO RESEARCH, IS THAT RIGHT?
ANYBODY IS WELCOME.
>> OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DID CHECK THE WEBSITE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AND ALSO CHECK ON CURRENT HOURS.
>>> THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TOUR, LEARNING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, AND HOW THIS REALLY SERVES THE WHOLE STATE OF OHIO, THIS ONE LOCATION IS REALLY OPEN TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE TOUR.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE, JEFF.
WE LOVE SHOWING OFF OUR BUILDING.
>>> FOR OVER A DECADE, THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION AND THE HOPEWELL CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, HAVE WORKED WITH TRIBAL NATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS OHIO TO GET EIGHT HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL EARTHWORKS.
>> ON MARCH 23rd, 2022, THEIR HARD WORKED PAVE OUT AND NOMINATED FOR THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST.
THEY COULD 1100 UNIQUE KO SITES, LIKE THE GREAT DEAL WALL OF CHINA, STONE HENCE, THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE GRAND CANYON.
>> TO FIND OUT MORE, WE'RE HEADING BACK OVER TO THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION.
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>> THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT HOPE WELL HISTORICAL NATURAL PARK TO HAVE THE EARTHWORKS INSCIENCE ON THE UNEXT DO LIST.
THEY HAVE THREE SITES, THE GREAT CIRCLE AND THE OCTAGON HERE IN NEWARK, AS WELL AS THE FORT ANCIENT EARTHWORKS.
THE PARK HAS FIVE MORE SITES.
WE THINK TOGETHER THESE EIGHT SITES THAT MAKE UP THE HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL EARTHWORKS TELL A COMPLETE STORY.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE SITE HERE AND THERE, THIS WAS A SPRAWLING CULTURE THAT HAS CONNECTIONS ALL OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA.
>> THE WAY WORLD HERITAGE WORKS, IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL TREAT FROM, AND EACH COUNTRY KEEPS A TENTATIVE LIST OF SITES TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE FIRST IS TO GET ON YOUR COUNTRY'S LIST.
THESE EIGHT SITES WERE ADDED IN 2008 AS TEN TIFF SITES.
THEN THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED UP TO PREPARE THE AUTHORIZATION.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED IT AT THE END OF 2021 TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY SUBMITTED IT TO UNESCO IN PARIS.
THE NEXT STEPS ARE WHETHER IT'S RECOMMENDED TO BE INSCRIBED, MEAN ADDED TO THE WORLD HERSAGE LIST.
THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, WE WOULD HOPE TO BE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD HERSAGE COMMUNITY, THE 21 COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP THAT COMMUNITY AND HAVE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO INSCRIBE THIS NOMINATION OR NOT.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED THESE EARTHWORKS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY MEAN, THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO THE TRIBES TODAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR HISTORICALLY FOR CEREMONIAL PURPOSES, TO HELP EDUCATE THE BROADER PUBLIC.
>> I HAD TAUGHT AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN MISSOURI FOR 38 1/2 YEARS.
AT THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ONE OF MY DUTIES WAS TO INCREASE AWARENESS REGARDING ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES.
I WAS TRAVELING TO PLACES LIKE THE ACROPOLIS, AND TO THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IN AUSTRALIA, AND TO PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT, THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
ONLY LATER DID I REALIZE THESE WERE WORLD HERITAGE SITES.
MY STRIAE IS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA, WE ARE THE EASTERN SHAWNEE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA.
FOR THREE YEARS IN STUDYING THE SHAWNEES, OBVIOUSLY I STUDIED ABOUT THE GREAT STATE OF OHIO AND READ EVERYTHING, ALL THE PUBLISHED MATERIALS I COULD.
I CAME HERE TO TALK TO PEOPLE, INTERVIEWED PEOPLE, BUT NEVER ONCE HAD I SEEN ANY MENTION OF EARTHWORKS.
THE ONLY MOUND THAT'S EVER MENTIONED AT THAT TIME WAS SERPENT MOUNT.
WELL, AT THAT TIME, NEWARK EARTHWORKS WAS ONLY OPEN ONE DAY A YEAR, WHEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND OTHERS COULD GO AND ACTUALLY WALK AROUND AND VIEW THE EARTHWORKS.
I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE WOODEN PLATFORM VIEWING AREA AND CLIMB UP, AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE PLACES I HAD SEEN THAT WERE WORLD HERITAGE SITES, THE MINUTES I LOOKED OUT AND SAY WHAT I SAW, I KNEW I WAS VIEWING EITHER THE EQUIVALENT, OR IN MANY CASES SOMETHING EVEN SUPERIOR TO PLACES THAT ARE DESIGNATED WORLD HERITAGE SITES.
I, WITHIN THREE MINUTES' TIME, EXPERIENCED SO MANY DIFFERENT EMOTIONS THAT I WAS JUST SHOCKED AND AMAZED, SO PLEASED THAT THEY WERE IN EXISTENCE AND THEY HAD NOT BEEN DESTROYED.
MANY MOUNTS IN OHIO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
>> THEY REALIZE BUILT BY WHAT ARE WHAT ARCHAEOLOGISTS CALL THE HOPEWELL CONSULT TERR THEY LIVED HERE BETWEEN A.D. 1 AND 400.
THEY WERE HUNTERS, FISHERS GATHERERS, THEY LIVED IN SMALL COMMUNITIES, NOT IN CITIES.
THEY DON'T TO HAVE ANY KIND OF RULER, KING OR PHARAOH, THAT WOULD HAVE ORDERED THEM TO DO THIS.
IT SEEMS THESE COMMUNITIES CAME TOGETHER FOR PROBE HUNDREDS OF MILES AROUND AND PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING THESE EARTHWORKS AND LATER WORE SHIPPING ATE THEM.
THE ANCIENT INDIGITS IN AMERICANS BUILT THESE EARTHWORKS WITH VERY SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY.
IN SPITE OF THAT SEEMING SIMPLICITY, THE KNOWLEDGE ENCODED IN THESE EARTHWORKS IS ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE.
>> SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ARCHITECTURE, GEOMETRY, ALL TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MOST INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE.
>> THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE GREAT CIRCLE IS EQUAL TO THE SQUARE IT WAS ATTACHED TO.
THE AREA OF THE SQUARE THAT THE GREAT CIRCLE WAS ATTACHED TO IS EQUAL TO THE AREA OF THE OBSERVATORY CIRCLE AT THE OCTAGON EARTHWORKS.
ALSO THE CIRCLE HAS ALIGNMENTS TO ALL THE KEY ALIGNMENTS TO A LUNAR CYCLE THAT TAKES 18.6 YEARS TO COMPLETE.
JUST LIKE THE SUN, WITH THE NORTHERNMOST RISE OF THE SUN BEING THE SOLSTICE, AND THE SOUTHERN MOST BEING THE WINTER SOL 'TIS, THE MOON HAS A SOUTHERNMOST AND NORTHERNMOST RISE EVERY MONTH.
THAT ANGLE CHANGES FROM MONTH TO MONTH OVER THIS PERIOD OF 18.6 YEARS.
SO THESE ANCIENT INDIGENOUS AMERICANS MUST HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL SKY WATCHERS RECORDING THE MOVEMENTS AND ENCODING THEM INTO THE ARCHITECTURE, I THINK BECAUSE THEY FELT BY LINKING THE EARTH WORKS TO THE RHYTHMS OF THE COSMOS, THEY WERE MAKING WHAT HAPPENED HERE EVEN MORE SACRED.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A PERSON CAN COME HERE TO A PLACE LIKE THIS AND NOT FEEL A KINSHIP WITH NATURE, WITH A SPIRIT, AND WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD HAVE A REVERRANCE FOR THIS PLACE.
THEY ENTERING THE REALM OF NATIVE SPIRITUALITY.
ESTIMATES ONCE INSCRIBED, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE AN INFLUX AND A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S ROADS, HOTELS, PLACE TO SAY STAY, BUT ALSO THE SPILLOVER.
SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY'RE NOT AT THE SITE?
WHAT ELSE COULD THEY SEE?
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AROUND OHIO.
>> IT WILL INCREASE AWARENESS OF OHIO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORLD HERITAGE TRAVELERS.
THERE REALLY ARE PEOPLE WHO CHECKING BOXES ON THE LIST.
THAT'S HOW THEY PLAN THEIR VACATION.
>> THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP OF THE JOURNEY.
THERE'S AN ASPECT OF IT BEING CONTAGIOUS, THAT NOW IT'S LIKE THE FLAME HAS LIT, AND THAT OTHERS ARE AWARE OF OTHER THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE MOUNDS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD TO DO WITH NATIVE AMERICANS, AND THEY ARE RECOGNIZING THAT AND BEGINNING TO BECOME ACTIVE IN PROMOTING THAT.
>>> OHIO WILL ALWAYS BE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
WE'VE BEEN IN OKLAHOMA SO LONG THAT, YES, OKLAHOMA IS HOME, BUT OHIO IS OUR HOMELAND, AND WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE THERE.
I CAN GET VERY EMOTIONAL AND TEARY-EYED ABOUT THIS, AND JUST CAN'T WAIT TO STEP OVER THAT FINISH LINE.
>>> THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION HAS A VAST COLLECTION OF ITEMS DONATED FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
MANY OF THEM ARE PRESERVED IN STORAGE UNITS, BUT THERE ARE SOME ROBUST COLLECTIONS YOU CAN FIND RIGHT IN THE MUSEUM WHEN YOU VISIT.
>> WE HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE CURATOR CLIFF ECKLE, WHO HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THOSE COLLECTION, BUT HEADS UP, IT MAY LEAVE YOU HUNGRY FOR ICE CREAM.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
>>> HELLO, CLIFF.
>> HELLO, BRENT.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> SOME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TO SAY THEY HAVE BROKEN THE MOLD, BUT HERE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT.
>> THESE ARE FROM THE ERLENBUSCH ICE CREAM MOLDS, THESE ARE I'M CREAM, CANDY MOLDS, AND THEN IRON ROSETTES TO MAKE FUNNEL CAKES.
>> CAN WE GET THEM NOW?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, NO.
THEY HAD STARTED IN 1929.
THEY WERE AT 456 HIGH STREET, AT THE CORNER OF LIVINGSTON AND HIGH.
>> RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
THEY'RE MAKING ICE CREAM IN 1859 WITHOUT REFRIGERATE, COOLING.
HOW DID THEY DO IT?
>> THEY USED ICE THEY HARVESTED FROM THE RIVER AND STORED THEITIS THROUGH THE YEAR IN ICEHOUSES UNDERGROUND.
THEY WOULD CRUSH THE ICE, THEN USE SALTS, WHICH HELPS TO RELEASE THE COLDNESS MORE READILY, AND MAKE THE ICE CREAM IN SMALL BATCHES.
>> JUST LIKE WE DO TODAY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THEY WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE, BUT ANYBODY WHO'S HAD ICE CREAM KNOWS IT'S WORTH IT.
>> IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY QUITE DELICIOUS, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
>> WAS ICE CREAM DIFFERENT IN THE 1850s THAN NOW?
>> PROBABLY YOU COULD GET SOMETHING SIMILAR IN SMALLER SHOPS LIKE GRADER'S OR JENNY'S, SOME RICH, HEAVY CREAM ICE CREAM.
>> NOT ONLY WAS IT GOOD ICE CREAM, BUT ALSO ARTFULLY AND PLAYFULLY PRESENTED IN ALL THESE SHAPES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> WHAT DO THESE SHAPES TELL YOU?
>> I LIKE THE FACT THEY WERE MADE FOR HOLIDAYS ALL YEAR ROUND.
EVEN NO CHRISTMASTIME, YOU WOULDN'T THINK NECESSARILY OF ICE CREAM DURING COLD WEATHER, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD SOME SANTA CLAUS MOLDS.
THEY WERE QUITE DETAILED ON THE INTERIOR.
>> SO YOU WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY HAND PACKING THESE, PUSHING THEM TOGETHER?
>> EXACTLY.
>> OKAY.
>> THEN, IN ADDITION TO ICE CREAM, THEY WERE A CONFECTIONERS, AND THESE WERE FOR MARZIPAN.
THEN YOU WOULD HAND COLOR, AND THESE WOULD MAKE STRAWBERRIES.
>> UH-HUH.
>> YOU COULD MAKE FLOWERS, PEARS, ALL DIFFERENT FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
>> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A POPULAR STAR TO HAVE LASTED THAT LONG.
>> BY ALL ACCOUNTS, PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL FROM MILES AWAY JUST TO COME TO ERLENBUSCH'S.
>> WAS IT A BUSY PART OF TOWN?
>> IT WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN, NEAR TO THE CANAL, NOT TOO FAR FROMMY THE NATIONAL ROAD MADE ITS JOG.
SO IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
>> WHEN DID BIG DARIES GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF ICE CREAM?
>> AS SOON AS YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO TRANSPORT SOME PER SHBLT OVER LONG DISTANCES.
YOU GET SOME OF THAT IN THE LATE 18 0s WHEN YOU HAVE REFRIGERATED CARS.
>> WHEN THIS STORE STARTS, ARE PEOPLE HAVING ICEBOXES IN THEIR HOUSE YET?
>> THAT WOULD BE A LUXURY FOR SOMEONE IN THE 1850s.
WEALTHIER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD THEM.
LATER IN THE CENTURY, IT WOULD BE FAIRLY COMMON, AND FAIRLY COMMON ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO WORLD WAR II.
IN FACT, IT WAS AFTER WORLD WAR II WHEN MOST PEOPLE HAD REFRIGERATORS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE AVAILABLE.
>> I THINK YOU THINK OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE ICE WAGS FOR A CHUNK.
I WOULD IMAGINE THE STAFF BREAKS THESE OUT AND USES THEM, RIGHT?
>> NO, THESE ARE PART OF OUR PERM INSTEAD COLLECTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO TO PRESERVE THINGS, YOU DON'T USE THEM IN THEIR ORIGINAL FUNCTION, SO YOU DON'T WEAR 9 GARMENTS OR PLAY THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THEM.
>> WELL, IF YOU EVER MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THESE, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL COME BACK AND HELP TEST THEM OUT.
>> OKAY.
>> THANKS.
>>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH US ON THE COLUMBUSNEIGHBORHOODS.COM, AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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