'Boom Town' Columbus photograph

An aerial photograph of downtown Columbus, Ohio, looking east, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection, shows the city overlaid by a large shadow of an X or a cross. The handwritten caption on the reverse of the photo reads "Boom Town 1946." The Scioto River curves through the center of the photograph, crossed by multiple bridges. The Civic Center area of Columbus, referring to the cluster of government and public buildings that hug the Scioto River's east bank, can be seen, including the LeVeque Tower, the State Office Building, and the Ohio Statehouse