Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication April 28, 2004)

Birds, Field Days - Between the years 1915 and 1925, the event of the year was the Grandview Heights, Marble Cliff and Upper Arlington Field Day Celebration. This annual holiday activity, held in early summer featured a parade, food, a baseball game between GH and UA, children's games, etc. Started by the leadership of First Community Church, it provided "a cement for a more binding community spirit". This photograph is representative of what became a very competitive street-based neighborhood spirit to present the best theme or float for the parade. The sign in the center identifies the marchers as "the field day farmers", but the street name or designation can't be interpreted from the photo. The elaborate  costumes show the extent that the community would go to increase the energy in the celebration. This photo is taken looking south on what is now Grandview Avenue, from approximately the location of 2nd avenue. The house in the center was one of Grandview's first, and is now the Tri-Village Studio. At the time of the photo it was the home of the Salzgabers, who owned the farmland east of Grandview Avenue between Goodale and King that a good portion of eastern Grandview was established on.