Photograph of Attendees at Worthington Public Library's National Library Week Celebration, 1968

Pictured here are attendees at the Worthington Public Library’s National Library Week open house, held on April 28, 1968 at the Library’s then-location at 752 High Street. The black-and-white photograph is taken looking down from the mezzanine at the crowd of adults and children on the first floor, standing and sitting around at study tables. Bookshelves line the walls. In the upper left corner of the photograph, attendees can be seen sitting and watching a harpsichord performance.

According to "The 200-Year History of Worthington Libraries" by Lisa D. Fuller, "In 1968, the Library was open 10 hours longer each week, experienced a 12 percent rise in circulation, and began providing service to homebound patrons and the first preschool story hours."

The Library operated out of the 752 High Street location, also known as the Kilbourne Memorial Library, from 1927 to 1979, when the Old Worthington Library location opened a newly constructed facility at 805 Hartford Street (now 820 High Street).