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Bluffton Post Office corner-stone laying photograph

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Title	Bluffton Post Office corner-stone laying photograph
Subject	Bluffton (Ohio); Richland (Allen County, Ohio : Township); Allen County (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)--Genealogy; Allen County (Ohio)--History, Local; Post office buildings; Cornerstone laying; Free and Accepted Masons; United States Postal Service; Downtown districts
Time Period	1940s
Place	Bluffton (Ohio); Richland (Allen County, Ohio : Township); Allen County (Ohio)
Description	A photograph of the corner-stone laying ceremony of the Federal Post Office at Bluffton, Ohio. This photograph was featured in the "Turning Back the Clock" column of "The Bluffton News" on January 4, 1962, with the following caption: "High pomp and ceremony marked the laying of the cornerstone for Bluffton’s post office on July 21, 1940. The cornerstone of the office was laid under the auspices of the Bluffton Masonic lodge following the ritual of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Among Bluffton Masons participating in the ceremony were the late C. G. Coburn and G. R. Bogart, and Ralph Stearns, Dr. B. R. Herring, Charles Aukerman, Stanley Basinger, and the Rev. W. L. Harmony. The Findlay Masonic Chorus, seated on bleachers in the background where the post office building was soon to rise, sang four numbers. Also participating in the ceremonies were the colorfully costumed Knights Templar from Findlay, then led by Forrest Steinman of Bluffton. Mr. Steinman was also chairman of the general committee presiding over the cornerstone laying. The Bluffton Lions club, the Ada National Guard unit, and Bluffton Boy Scouts also had parts in the ceremonies. Identity of the two men working on the cornerstone in the foreground has not been established. Clearly recognizable (seated in the front row behind the microphone) is postmaster Ed Reichenbach, whose jaw is turned up in the best Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic tradition."
Date of Original	July 21, 1940
Collection	Bluffton Public Library Local History
Submitting Institution	Bluffton Public Library
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	BPL_LH_PostOffice_0001.tif
Format	Audiovisual material
Date created	2011-12-28

Title	BPL_LH_PostOffice_0001
Submitting Institution	Bluffton Public Library
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
File Name	BPL_LH_PostOffice_0001.tif
Image Height	1466
Image Width	2103
File Size	2131656 Bytes
Date created	2011-12-28

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