As it were: Henry Howe’s pictures provided perspective of Columbus
Ed Lentz
Guest Columnist
The picture above this column looks south from Broad and High streets in Columbus. It’s 1846, and this is a memorable image drawn by a remarkable man 125 years ago.
First, why is this drawing memorable? It is worth a closer look because not many early pictures of most places in America exist and certainly not of a small town of about 10,000 people living near what still is a moving but rather nearby frontier. Although Columbus is the state capital, images of the city are few.