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OARBAC Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest Collection
Description: Color photograph of the “Big House” of Malabar Farm, located near Mansfield, Ohio, 1976. Author-conservationist Louis Bromfield purchased the farm in January 1939 and enlisted the help of Mansfield architect Louis Andre Lamoreux (1895-1975) to design and build the 32-room house. The project began in 1939 and was completed in 1940. Malabar Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 1973 and became a state park in 1976. The image was submitted in the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. 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: AL07003
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Malabar Farm; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Authors, American--Ohio; Conservationists; State parks & reserves; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)