Looking Back – Aug. 6

California photographer Rocky Gunn, left, positions a model during a photoshoot session at Irwin Gardens in Columbus on Aug. 5, 1975.

2015

Columbus-based Elwood Staffing purchased York Companies Inc., a Louisville, Kentucky-based commercial staffing firm, which expanded Elwood’s presence in Louisville and Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

2000

Cosco Inc. became the home of the Dorel Juvenile Group after Dorel Industries Inc. of Montreal, the parent company of Cosco, moved its headquarters to Columbus.

1975

Folk guitarists Ron Whitehead and John Lowrie of Bloomington performed in concert at the final Donner Park Variety Show of the season. Their music was based on folk tradition including blues and early country.