Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication June 4, 2008)

This photograph (taken in 1912) shows Clarence and Harry Salzgaber with newly harvested baskets of sweet corn. The Salzgaber family operated a truck farm and greenhouses in Grandview Heights on the east side of what is now Grandview Avenue. The family farmhouse still stands on the northeast corner of Grandview and First Avenue which at the time of publication was home to the Tri-Village Photography Studio. The Salzgabers provided vegetables for the stands at the Columbus Central Market and the North Market. When their Grandview acreage was sold for development in 1916 the family moved operations to Lane Avenue across from what is now the Lane Avenue Shopping Center. This photo and other Salzgaber memorabilia were donated to the Society by Betty Salzgaber.