One of our favorite days of the year is today: the opening of the Ohio State Fair. We thought we’d show some photos of OSU’s involvement in the fair, as well as a few tidbits from its past:
Ohio State Fair Exhibit, 1949
* Alumni receptions were held on the fairgrounds, according to a 1914 Alumni Monthly article, likely because of so many OSU graduates were involved in agricultural activities at the fair;
* In 1931 OSU took top honors for two of its Belgian mares;
* The next year, former head football coach John Wilce played none other than George Washington in a bicentennial pageant. Wilce, you may remember, graduated from OSU’s medical school in 1919 and led the football program from 1913-1923.
Dr. John W. Wilce, n.d.
Honey sale, Ohio State Fair, 1929
Ohio State exhibit at the State Fair, 1955
1955
University display on OSU's Radio Telescope, 1958
President Gee at the Fair, 1991
President Gee with astronaut Nancy Currie at the Fair, 1995
filed by C.N.
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