Brand/Issuer: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, produced by Ohio University Graphic Communications.
Item: Vintage travel and visitor information brochure promoting Ohio University and the city of Athens for prospective students, campus visitors, and families.
Date/Edition: Copyright 1995, with internal production code RVS402-10M indicating a mid-1990s edition.
Country of origin: United States (Athens, Ohio).
Format: Tall color tri-fold leaflet printed on glossy stock. When fully opened, the brochure features multiple interior panels of text and photographs on one side and a large panoramic aerial photograph of the campus and surrounding Athens area across the other side.
Front-cover content: Front panel shows a dark silhouette of a campus cupola with a weathervane against a vivid orange and purple sunset sky, with the words "ohio university" printed vertically in large white and gray type along the right edge.
Interior front-side content: Inside panels headed "Overview of the University" and "The Athens Campus" provide narrative text about Ohio University's history, academic offerings, and campus environment, accompanied by color photographs of College Green, academic buildings, student life scenes, laboratories, and a modern circular campus building.
Panoramic photo spread: The opposite side of the leaflet opens to a wide aerial photograph showing the Ohio University campus, the Hocking River, residence halls, athletic fields, highways, and the neighboring town of Athens, giving a broad visual overview of the setting.
Visitor information panels: Additional panels labeled "Visitor Information," "Area Recreational Opportunities," and "Admission Information" describe visitor parking and campus tour arrangements, local events and attractions, and basic admissions and visitor center details.
Travel to Athens section: A "Travel to Athens" panel explains that Athens is located 75 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio, and 40 miles west of Parkersburg, West Virginia, at the intersection of U.S. Route 50/State Route 32 and U.S. Route 33, with driving directions via State Route 682 to the campus visitors center.
Airport details and measurements: Text notes that Ohio University's airport lies 12 miles west of Athens and includes a 4,200-foot lighted runway that is open for private use, with arrangements for ground transportation from the airport to Athens.
Map section: Lower back panel carries a simplified regional locator map highlighting Athens, Ohio, in relation to nearby and regional cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Harrisburg, Washington D.C., Charleston, Parkersburg, Marietta, Morgantown, and Clarksburg, showing major highways and interstates.
Details: Representative piece of mid-1990s U.S. university admissions and campus-visitor ephemera, of interest to collectors of Ohio University memorabilia, Athens Ohio local history material, or vintage American college brochures.
Keywords: Vintage 1995 Ohio University Athens Ohio campus travel brochure, college admissions visitor information leaflet, mid-1990s U.S. university ephemera, aerial photograph campus map.
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