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>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," WE KPLR AN EXHIBIT THAT CELEBRATES OVER 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN COOKBOOKS.

LEARN ABOUT A DEPARTMENT WHOSE MISSION IS THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE USE OF ITS DISTINCTIVE COLLECTIONS.

AND WE CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S AVIATION HERITAGE.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD & HIGH."

♪♪ >>> WELCOME TO "BROAD & HIGH."

I'M YOUR HOST, KATE QUICKEL.

WHILE WE CAN ALL ENJOY THE CULINARY ARTS, YOU MIGHT THINK OF COOKBOOKS AS JUST COLLECTIONS OF RECIPES.

IN OUR FIRST SEGMENT WE EXPLORE NOT ONLY THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DESIGN BUT ALSO THE ANSWERS THEY CAN PROVIDE TO SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC QUESTIONS.

♪♪ >> WE'RE HERE IN THE THOMPSON GALLERY LOCATED WITHIN THE THOMPSON LIBRARY AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

WITH ME IS JOLIE BRAUN, CO-CURATOR OF THIS INCREDIBLE EXHIBIT.

HI, JOLIE.

>> HI, KATE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

WELL, TELL ME ABOUT THIS COLLECTION AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.

>> YES.

THANK YOU.

SO "ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: COOKBOOKS AS HISTORY" WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY THE FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF COOKBOOKS WE HAVE HERE AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.

I'M A CURATOR IN THE RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UNIT THAT HOUSES MORE THAN 9,600 VOLUMES OF COOKBOOKS.

SO THE EXHIBIT WAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS GREAT RESOURCE AND MAKE IT MORE WIDELY KNOWN AND AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHO WOULD WANT TO COME IN AND SEE IT.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT "ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS," THE NAME WAS INSPIRED BY A QUOTE FROM JULIA CHILD.

SO WE HAVE THIS REALLY LOVELY QUOTE THAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE GALLERY WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL COOKBOOKS AND PRESERVING AND STUDYING THEM.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME ATTENDEES IN AND LET THEM KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT COOKBOOKS AS MORE THAN JUST A COLLECTION OF RECIPES BUT THINKING ABOUT THEM AS HISTORICAL OBJECTS.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I LOVE THAT WHOLE MESSAGE.

SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'LL SEE TODAY.

>> SO THE EXHIBIT IS ARRANGED THEMATICALLY AND EACH CASE HAS A DIFFERENT TOPIC.

THE FIRST FEW CASES ARE REALLY THINKING VERY NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY ABOUT HOW COOKBOOKS RESPOND TO OR REFLECT MAJOR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

SO WE HAVE A CASE ON SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.

IT HAS A COOKBOOK ABOUT TEMPERANCE AND ANOTHER ONE ABOUT THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.

THERE'S A CASE ABOUT GLOBAL CRISES THAT HAS COOKBOOKS ABOUT WORLD WAR I AND II.

AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE GALLERY THE FOCUS SHIFTS A LITTLE BIT AND GETS MORE SPECIFIC AND WE THINK ABOUT COOKBOOKS AND PERSONAL STORIES THEY CAN TELL.

SO THERE ARE COOKBOOKS THAT TELL YOU ABOUT LOCAL HISTORIES SUCH AS COMMUNITY COOKBOOKS FROM VARIOUS TOWNS IN OHIO.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO COOKBOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PERSONALIZED IN SOME WAY, WHETHER IT'S BY THE AUTHOR WHO HAS WRITTEN THE COOKBOOK AS MEMOIR OR SOMEONE WHO OWNED THE COOKBOOK AND MADE IT SORT OF A UNIQUE OBJECT THROUGH THEIR MARGINALIA AND NOTES.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

JUST SO MANY STORIES TO BE TOLD WITH COOKBOOKS AT THE CENTER.

I SEE SOME FAMILIAR COOKBOOKS IN THIS CASE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT'S IN HERE?

>> YES.

SO THIS IS OUR ICONIC COOKBOOKS CASE.

AND AS YOU NOTICED, THERE ARE SOME FAMILIAR, BELOVED TITLES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY EDITIONS OVER THE YEARS SUCH AS "THE JOY OF COOKING."

>> YEAH.

>> AND BETTY CROCKER.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME MAYBE LESSER-KNOWN COOKBOOKS THAT ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE GENRE.

SO ONE EXAMPLE IS THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE CALLED "AMERICAN COOKERY" BY AMELIA SIMMONS.

IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1796.

OUR EDITION IS FROM 1815.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED THE FIRST AMERICAN COOKBOOK.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT WAS THE FIRST PUBLISHED BY AN AMERICAN FOR AN AMERICAN AUDIENCE AND IT FEATURES INDIGENOUS INGREDIENTS SUCH AS CORNMEAL, PUMPKIN, CRANBERRIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

WHAT A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY THAT KIND OF CAME FROM A COOKBOOK.

THAT'S FASCINATING.

WELL, I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE MORE.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR US?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO TURN YOU OVER TO MY CO-CURATOR BETH WHO'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS IN THIS EXHIBIT.

>> WONDERFUL.

I CAN'T WAIT.

THANKS, JOLIE.

>> HI, BETH.

>> HI, KATE.

>> THANKS FOR SHOWING ME MORE OF THE EXHIBIT.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME THE THEME OF THIS CASE?

>> THIS CASE IS CALLED "COOKBOOKS AND GLOBAL FOODWAYS."

AND IT'S REALLY DEDICATED TO SHOWCASE THE WAYS IN WHICH AMERICAN COOKING AND COOKBOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MADE UP OF FOODS AND RECIPES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.

FROM INDIGENOUS AMERICAN FOODS.

FROM IMMIGRANTS, DIASPORIC PEOPLE.

FROM ASIA, EUROPE, FROM AFRICA, FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE AMERICAS.

>> WONDERFUL.

I LOVE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED.

>> EXACTLY.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITES IN HERE?

>> I REALLY LOVE ALL THE COOKBOOKS IN THIS CASE.

IT'S HARD TO PICK ONE.

SOME OF THE ONES THAT I PARTICULARLY LIKE ARE THIS ONE, "BABETTE'S COOKBOOKS," WHICH IS REALLY THE FIRST COOKBOOK THAT WAS DEDICATED TO JEWISH FOODS.

IT'S PUBLISHED IN CINCINNATI IN 1886.

AND IT'S MARKETED TOWARD JEWISH AMERICANS BUT IT'S ALSO VERY ASSIMILATIONIST.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT, AND IT'S A FASCINATING BOOK.

>> I BET.

>> ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS THE BEAUTIFUL ONE OVER THERE, CHINESE-JAPANESE COOKBOOK, WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD AS BEING ONE OF THE FIRST BOTH CHINESE AND JAPANESE COOKBOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE AUTHORS ARE TWO SISTERS.

>> OH, WOW.

>> THEY AND ANOTHER -- THE THIRD SISTER ARE UNDERSTOOD AS BEING THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHINESE-AMERICAN AUTHORS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

LOOK AT THAT GORGEOUS COVER.

>> I ALSO LOVE THE COVER.

>> STUNNING.

>> YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> WOW.

>> BUT PROBABLY THE ONE THAT I'M MOST -- I SPENT THE MOST TIME LEAFING THROUGH IS THIS, THE NATIONAL COOKERY BOOK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CREATED BY BEN FRANKLIN'S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

>> OH, YOU'RE KIDDING.

>> IN 1876.

AND SHE WAS ORGANIZING THE WOMEN'S PAVILION FOR THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AND CREATED THIS COOKBOOK WHICH WAS, AS IS THE WHOLE CASE, DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE HOW AMERICAN COOKING COMES FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES.

SO THERE ARE RECIPES FOR KUGEL, FOR DOLME, FOR SAUERKRAUT, FOR RISOTTO, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND THERE'S A SPECIAL SECTION OF IT DEDICATED TO INDIGENOUS AMERICAN COOKING WHERE THERE ARE RECIPES FOR BAKED BEAR, BOILED MUD TURTLE.

>> WOW.

>> AND MANY RECIPES FOR INDIAN CORN.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

I WOULD IMAGINE WITH AN AMERICAN COOKBOOK LIKE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECIPE FOR APPLE PIE?

>> OH, YES, THERE IS.

IN FACT, ACTUALLY SPEAKING OF APPLE PIES WE HAVE A WHOLE WALL DEDICATED TO APPLE PIES.

>> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

>> SO WHEN JOLIE AND I WERE PLANNING THE EXHIBIT ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS TO SHOWCASE THE EVOLUTION OF RECIPES FROM THE 18th CENTURY TO THE 21st CENTURY.

AND WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS WAS APPLE PIE.

AND SO THIS WALL HAS EXAMPLES FROM -- APPLE PIE RECIPES FROM AS EARLY AS 1815 TO THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS 1989.

AND THAT ONE RIGHT THERE IS FROM THE COOKBOOK THAT JOLIE WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

>> WOW.

>> AND THIS IS THE NATIONAL COOKERY BOOK APPLE PIE RECIPE.

>> THAT IS FASCINATING, JUST TO SEE THE WAY THAT ONE SIMPLE RECIPE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.

>> YEAH, WE LIKE THE FACT THAT IT CHANGED BUT ALSO THERE WERE OBVIOUS CONTINUITIES AS WELL.

>> THE ESSENCE OF APPLE PIE REMAINS THE SAME.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

I LOVE THE PIE WALL.

I SEE YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INTERACTIVE STATION OVER HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?

>> ONE OF THE PARTS ABOUT COOKBOOKS THAT IS SO INTERESTING TO US IS THAT IT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL.

AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE VISITORS COULD COME AND PROVIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL RECIPES, COOKBOOKS THAT THEY WANTED TO RECOMMEND OR THAT THEY LOVED, RECIPES THAT HAD BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATIONS.

SO IT'S A PLACE TO WRITE THIS DOWN AND THEN PUT IT ON OUR CORKBOARD SO WE COULD HAVE IT FOR POSTERITY.

>> I LOVE THAT.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

>> JOLIE IS ALREADY THERE.

>> THIS IS GREAT.

WELL, BETH AND JOLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME AROUND THIS EXHIBIT.

IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO HOME AND BAKE AN APPLE PIE.

>> DO YOU WANT TO WRITE DOWN OUR FAVORITE RECIPES?

>> LET'S DO IT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> TO LEARN MORE GO TO LIBRARY.OSU.EDU/EXHIBITS.

IN OUR NEXT SEGMENT WE CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY'S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.

WE DISCOVER THAT RESEARCH NOT ONLY HAPPENS IN A LABORATORY UNDER A MICROSCOPE BUT ALSO WITHIN THE BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE THESE RARE, UNIQUE AND DIVERSE COLLECTIONS.

WHILE ACADEMIC IN NATURE, THE COLLECTIONS NOT ONLY SHOWCASE HISTORY AND CULTURE BUT ALSO PRESERVE IMPORTANT MATERIALS THAT INCLUDE PERFORMING ARTS AND PRINTED CARTOON ART.

LET'S LEARN MORE.

>> SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARE RARE AND UNIQUE MATERIALS THAT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COLLECTS, AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE VERY UNIQUE COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE LIBRARY.

AND SOME OF THESE COLLECTIONS HAVE AN APPEAL TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND EVEN HAVE INTERNATIONAL REPUTE.

AND THESE COLLECTIONS ARE HERE TO BE USED.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USED BY OUR RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS AND EVEN THE COMMUNITY.

THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE ADVENT OF THIS UNIVERSITY.

BUT SINCE THE EARLY 1900s WE START SEEING THE COLLECTION STEADILY GROW.

UP TO NOW THAT IT'S GROWN SO MUCH THAT WE ARE ONE OF THOSE BIG RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES WITH SOME OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS.

THESE COLLECTIONS ARE PRIMARILY LOCATED HERE IN THOMPSON LIBRARY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOCATED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

WE HAVE OUR UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES.

WE CALL IT THE DEPOSITORY.

IT CARRIES THE MEMORY OF THIS INSTITUTION.

SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE THE UNIVERSITY HAS COME FROM, THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE OVER TIME AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS UNIVERSITY.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARE A COLLECTION OF UNIQUE MATERIALS THAT HELPS THIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO STAND OUT.

AND WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF COLLECTIONS.

AND THESE COLLECTIONS TEND TO BE RARE AND UNIQUE.

THEY HAVE GEMS THAT ARE THERE THAT WHEN RESEARCHERS ACCESS THEM AND USE THEM THEY MAKE THEIR RESEARCH TO STAND OUT.

ONE OF THE BIG COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS THE RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION.

THESE ARE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS.

THEY ARE FIRST COPIES OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.

AND MANY OF THESE BOOKS ARE RARE.

WE HAVE THE LAWRENCE AND LEE THEATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF THEATER SCRIPTS, SETS, AND ALL OF THE PAPERS THAT DEAL WITH THEATER.

AND THIS IS AN AMAZING COLLECTION THAT IS NORMALLY USED BY RESEARCHERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THE BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF CARTOONS IN THE WORLD.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO USE THIS COLLECTION BECAUSE OF ITS VERY, VERY UNIQUE NATURE.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMIC STRIPS IN OUR COLLECTION.

THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARE DEFINITELY UNIQUE.

BECAUSE THEY HELP TO, ONE, TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY.

LIKE THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIVERSITY, THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ALSO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE OF A PLACE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HAVE OUR COLLECTION OF COOKBOOKS, THEY GIVE US A GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE FOODWAYS OF THE PLACE WHERE THOSE COLLECTIONS WERE GOTTEN.

AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO -- LIKE THE COOKBOOKS WILL HELP US SHOW THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE IN SOCIETY AND HOW DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE EITHER COME TOGETHER OR INTERACTED AND THE KIND OF FOODS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO WE PRESERVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS SO THAT WHEN THESE FUTURE GENERATIONS COME THEY CAN SEE HOW SOCIETY WAS DOING THINGS, HOW THE POLITICS OF THE TIME WAS, HOW THE ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED.

SO WITH ALL THESE WE HAVE THAT DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF FORMAT OF MATERIALS, BE THEY PHOTOGRAPHS, BE THEY MAPS, BE THEY RESEARCH PAPERS AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS.

SO THIS DIVERSITY IN FORMAT REALLY HELPS IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH.

AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO COLLECT DIVERSE SUBJECT AREAS, RANGING FROM HEALTH SCIENCES TO ENVIRONMENT TO POLITICS TO ART.

ALL THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL IN PRESERVING THE TOTALITY OF THE CULTURE OF A PEOPLE.

>> TO LEARN MORE VISIT LIBRARY.OSU.EDU/SPECIAL- COLLECTIONS.

IN OUR LAST SEGMENT OF THIS EPISODE WE HEAD TO DAYTON, OHIO TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY'S STRONG CONNECTION TO AVIATION HISTORY.

AS A WAY TO HONOR THIS HERITAGE A SERIES OF STRIKING MURALS WERE COMMISSIONED FOR THE PUBLIC TO APPRECIATE.

>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DAYTON DO NOT REALIZE THEY HAVE A NATIONAL PARK IN THEIR OWN BACK YARD.

DAYTON AVIATION HERITAGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK WAS CREATED ALMOST EXPERIMENTALLY.

IT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER NATIONAL PARK.

THIS PARK IS ABOUT INSPIRATION.

IT'S GOOD B. GRIT.

IT'S ABOUT RESILIENCY.

IT'S ABOUT FAILING AND GETTING UP AND GOING FORWARD.

THE STORY HERE IS ASTOUNDING.

>> THE PHRASE THAT IS CUESED QUITE FREQUENTLY IS THAT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TAUGHT THE WORLD TO FLY.

AND THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS IS JUST A FASCINATING ONE THAT INSPIRES MINDS OF ALL AGES.

>> IN 2004 CONGRESS DESIGNATED THE NATIONAL AVIATION HERITAGE AREA BECAUSE THERE WERE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT ASSETS IN THIS REGION THAT TELL OUR NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT STORY.

SO THE HERITAGE AREA SETS THE TABLE FOR 17 DESIGNATED AVIATION HERITAGE PARTNERS TO COOPERATE AND COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE WRIGHT FACTORY MURAL PROJECT.

WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE WEST DAYTON METRO LIBRARY OPENING, AND AS A GOOD PARTNER WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE WRIGHT FACTORY BUILDINGS WERE IN THE BEST CONDITION POSSIBLE FOR THAT OPENING.

>> THE WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY IS AN AMAZING SITE, THOUGH TO LOOK AT IT YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO.

EVEN WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1910, THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE TIME TALKED ABOUT HOW IT WAS A FAIRLY LACKLUSTER BUILDING.

>> THE WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY BUILDINGS ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR AVIATION HERITAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT STRUCTURES FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF AIRCRAFT.

IT SIGNALS THE CHANGE FROM HOBBY TO INDUSTRY.

>> ONE THING THAT INTRIGUED ME WHEN THEY BROUGHT UP PLACING THESE MURALS AT THE WRIGHT FACTORY OR THE WRIGHT COMPANY, YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST AIRPLANE FACTORY IN THE WORLD.

IN THE WORLD.

AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN DAYTON, OHIO.

THAT'S JUST A MIND BLOWER.

>> OUR VISION FOR THE WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY MURALS WAS TO EMULATE THE WPA STYLE THAT EMERGED IN THE 1930s UNDER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THROUGH HIS WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION.

AT THAT TIME ARTISTS WERE COMMISSIONED TO DO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE POSTERS AS A WORK RELIEF PROGRAM.

SO WE HARKENED BACK TO THAT STYLE WITH OUR PROJECT.

>> WE FELT THAT MARK RIEDY WOULD BE AN IDEAL PERSON FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE MARK HAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE PORTFOLIO.

WE HAD ALSO WORKED ON THE CINCINNATI REDS STADIUM, AND MARK HAD HANDLED TWO VINTAGE-STYLE MURALS THAT SHOWED THE 1975 REDS AND THE 1869 REDS.

ALONG WITH IT A SCULPTURE THAT'S OUT FRONT OF THE STADIUM THAT ALSO HAS THAT WPA, OR THAT ART DECO FEEL TO IT.

SO WE FELT THAT IT REALLY TIED IN QUITE WELL WITH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE WITH THE WRIGHT FACTORY.

>> THOSE ARE NICE PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE'S A SENSE OF PERMANENCE.

IN MY BUSINESS WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN TOO MANY THINGS THAT LAST.

IN THE ADVERTISING BUSINESS THINGS ARE PRETTY TRANSIENT.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE.

WE ALWAYS KID THAT OUR MUSEUM IS LIKE THE FROZEN FOOD SECTION.

WHERE YOU CAN SEE MY RED BARON PIZZA DESIGN, MY -- I DID THE PORTRAIT OF THE RED BARON.

YOU CAN GO BUY A BAG OF QUICKCRETE AND SEE ALL THE QUICKCRETE BAGS.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE ILLUSTRATIONS.

IN THE EARLY '90s I ILLUSTRATED ALL THE NERF TOY PACKAGING.

SO EVERY KID IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS MODELING FOR A NERF TOY.

THE PROCESS OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE DESIGNER, FIRST THING IS WE COLLECT INFORMATION, COLLECT PICTORIAL IMAGES.

WE'RE DEALING WITH VISUAL STORYTELLING.

SO THE FIRST PART IS JUST SHOW ME WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE EARLY 1900s WITH THEM, WHAT EXISTS, EITHER OLD BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OR JUST STORIES, THINGS THAT KIND OF GET ME IN THE MODE OF JUST WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE THEN.

I'M LOOKING FOR INTERESTING VISUALS THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH AS A DESIGNER.

AFTER THE RESEARCH PORTION I JUST START SKETCHING.

AND THEN FROM THERE I TAKE THOSE SKETCHES AND SCAN THEM AND THE COMPUTER IS WHERE MOST OF THE MAGIC HAPPENS AS FAR AS COLOR AND BUILDING THAT FINAL IMAGE.

>> THE MURALS WERE A SERIES OF SIX, AND THOSE ARE THE SIX SITES OF THE DAYTON AVIATION HERITAGE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK.

THE REACTION TO THE MURALS WAS EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

OUR PARTNERS AT THAT SITE AND ACROSS THE REGION SAW THE VALUE BOTH IN THE ARTWORK AND THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE FACTORY BUILDINGS.

>> I THINK THE MURALS BROUGHT SOME LIFE TO THIS LOCATION, TO THE FACTORY SITE.

PRIOR TO THEM BEING UP THIS WAS JUST KIND OF AN ABANDONED SITE THAT PROBABLY PEOPLE WOULD OVERLOOK.

I THINK IT WAS A WISE THING TO INSTALL THEM HERE AND KIND OF GET A SPARK GOING.

BUT THEN OF COURSE THE FIRE HERE CUT THAT SHORT.

>> IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY MARCH 26th THE WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY CAUGHT ON FIRE.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED WITHIN MINUTES.

IT WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THAT THIS WAS THE WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY BUILDING.

I BELIEVE THAT IF IT HAD BEEN A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BURN.

>> I WILL TELL YOU I LITERALLY BROKE INTO TEARS WHEN I HEARD -- EVEN NOW I'M GOING TO BREAK INTO TEARS.

WHEN I HEARD THAT ON MARCH 26th THE FACTORY WAS ON FIRE.

IT'S A NEAR CATASTROPHIC FIRE.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DAMAGE OUT THERE.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR REPORTS TO TELL US JUST HOW EXTENSIVE IS IT, HOW MUCH OF A LOSS IS THERE AT THE FACTORY.

AND UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE PATIENT.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRE IS JUST A HUGE TRAGEDY.

IF THERE IS A SILVER LINING IN IT ALL, IT'S THE NATIONAL ATTENTION THAT IT HAS BROUGHT TO THE PROPERTY.

TO HAVE NATIONAL JOURNALISTS COVERING IT.

I THINK IT HELPS REMIND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR BACK YARD SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND IT IS ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.

I KNOW IT'S PAINFUL TO RECLAIM A BURNED BUILDING, BUT I HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

TIME WILL TELL IF IT'S ABLE TO BE DONE OR NOT.

♪♪ >> TO LEARN MORE CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL AVIATION HERITAGE AREA AT VISITNAHA.COM.

WELL, THAT IS OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND ALL OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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>> TANYA INGRAHAM, STREET PERFORMER.

>> WHEN PEOPLE WALK BY, WE SHARE A MOMENT.

MAYBE THE SONG IS ABOUT LOVE, LOST LOVE OR HAPPY TIMES.

PEOPLE SMILE.

THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MUSIC.

IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY CONNECTION.

WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT I HAVE STAGE FRIGHT.

COLUMBUS MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE.

I LIKE SHARING WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

THERE'S A SILENT NETWORK OF ARTISTS IN COLUMBUS.

THAT MEANS CONSTANT INSPIRATION AND FINANCIAL STABILITY, THE BEST COMBINATION.

I'M KATANYA INGRAHAM.

STREET PERFORMANCE IS MY ART.

AND THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER MAKE IT.

♪♪ ♪ I SAID WE, WE ARE SURVIVORS ♪ ♪ I SAID WE, WE ARE SURVIVORS ♪