WYSO Weekend: January 10, 2021
Published January 11, 2021 at 6:38 PM EST Listen • 30:00 / Eli Harvey grew up in a Quaker community near Wilmington, Ohio to become a celebrated sculptor. And yet most Ohioans have never heard his name. Harvey mostly sculpted wild animals from close observation. The Historical Society in Clinton County has now digitized the art and writings of Eli Harvey. Culture Couch producer David Seitz introduces us to this sculptor’s life. In 1914, real estate developer Harry Kissell used a rousing speech and the city’s growing population to have Springfield, Ohio named...
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