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An building once called the [[Scenic Temple]] at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, [[1908 Season|1908]].<ref name="ad">''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch | An building once called the [[Scenic Temple]] at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, [[1908 Season|1908]].<ref name="ad">Advertisement, ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 24, 1908. Page 12.</ref> Little is known about the attraction other than that it showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic,"<ref>"Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' May 29, 1908. Page 12.</ref><ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' April 23, 1908. Page 14.</ref> by the French artist Paul Phillippoteaux<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3,'' May 1985. Page 39.</ref> and described as a $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2024) "scenic production of General Grant's Campaign in the Late Civil War"<ref name="ad" /> and was "some of the finest paintings of great battles of the Civil War."<ref>"Olentangy Park." ''Dispatch Daily Magazine,'' June 1, 1908. Page 12.</ref> The artist's painted canvasses were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."<ref name="historian" /> Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.<ref name="ad" /> | ||
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Revision as of 22:46, 22 August 2024
Scenic Temple
| Type | Exhibition |
|---|---|
| Park Section | Unknown |
| Built | 1908 |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Closed | Unknown |
An building once called the Scenic Temple at Olentangy Park opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1908.[1] Little is known about the attraction other than that it showed "Battle Scenes of the Republic,"[2][3] by the French artist Paul Phillippoteaux[4] and described as a $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2024) "scenic production of General Grant's Campaign in the Late Civil War"[1] and was "some of the finest paintings of great battles of the Civil War."[5] The artist's painted canvasses were also on exhibition in Europe and included the "Battle of Gettysburg," "The Siege of Paris," and "The Belgian Revolution."[4] Admission was 10 cents ($3.42) for adults and 5 cents ($1.71) for children.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Advertisement, The Columbus Sunday Dispatch, May 24, 1908. Page 12.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoo." Dispatch Daily Magazine, May 29, 1908. Page 12.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, April 23, 1908. Page 14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barret, Richard E. 1984. "More on Olentangy Park." Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 3, May 1985. Page 39.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." Dispatch Daily Magazine, June 1, 1908. Page 12.
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