Ben Thompson Fishing Along the Scioto River, 1918

Benjamin Sells Thompson, one of the founders of Upper Arlington, is shown here during the first Upper Arlington Fishing Club outing in 1918. Ben Thompson was an outdoorsman who enjoyed baseball, hunting, and fishing. The fishing club held their first outing along the banks of the Scioto River, six miles north of the Dublin city limits at that time. After a full day of fishing, the men enjoyed a shore dinner of sandwiches, wienerwurst, coffee, and apple pie.

This image available online at the UA Archives:
http://ua-archives.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4036coll10/id/273

Read the related “Norwester” magazine article at the UA Archives:
http://ua-archives.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4036coll9/id/170

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Identifier: hinw12p011i02
Date (yyyy-mm-dd): c. 1918-10
Original Dimensions: 4 cm x 7 cm
Format: Black and White Halftone Photograph
Source: Norwester, October 1918, page 11
Original Publisher: Upper Arlington Community (Ohio)
Location/s: Columbus (USA, Ohio, Franklin County)
Repository: Upper Arlington Historical Society
Digital Publisher: Upper Arlington Public Library, UA Archives

Credit: UA Archives – Upper Arlington Public Library (Repository: UA Historical Society)