Marching Band in Sesquicentennial Parade

Basic details

Marching Band in Sesquicentennial Parade is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 7.7 in. x 9.6 in..

It was created October 4, 1953.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Seen here is the Worthington High School marching band during the Sesquicentennial parade. The event was held Sunday, October 4, 1953 in honor of Worthington's 150th anniversary. The City's week long celebration officially began the next day and continued through the following Sunday, October 11, 1953. High school bands, antique cars, people on horseback and horse drawn carriages paraded through Worthington and Colonial Hills. In the background of this picture, the west side of High Street is visible including Birnie’s Drug Store, Isaly’s and Worthington Hardware.

Subjects

It features the organizations Worthington High School and Birnie's Drug Store.

It covers the topics parades and marches and school music.

It covers the Worthington neighborhood Old Worthington.

It features the addresses 661 High Street, 669 High Street, 671 High Street and 673 High Street.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1169.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 06.0022.02.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 4, 2020. It was last updated October 31, 2025.

Copyright

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Marching Band in Sesquicentennial Parade 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 Marching Band in Sesquicentennial Parade. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.