Worthington Sesquicentennial Celebration (1803-1953)

Basic details

Worthington Sesquicentennial Celebration (1803-1953) is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 7 in. x 9 in..

It was created sometime in 1953.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

The photograph depicts a banner over High Street at the south end of the Village Green, advertising Worthington's Sesquicetennial celebration. The celebration involved the entire community with the highlight being a pageant, "The Whetstone Venture", written and directed by Frank Corbin, local historian.
The cast was drawn from the community and was presented on three nights in Hartford Park, at the corner of Stafford and Morning Streets.

Subjects

It covers the topics streets and roads and centennial celebrations.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0057.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 82-G-269 a.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on December 12, 2001. It was last updated November 5, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Worthington Sesquicentennial Celebration (1803-1953) from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Worthington Sesquicentennial Celebration (1803-1953). Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.