Worthington High School Orchestra

Basic details

Worthington High School Orchestra is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 7.0 in x 9.0 in.

It was created sometime in 1927.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

The Worthington High School Orchestra ca. 1927 is pictured here. Note the male students in the first row toward the either end wearing the fashionable combination of plus fours and argyle socks. These new styles were popularized by the Prince of Wales. The girl on the far right, first row, is wearing similar legwear for women that became popular in the mid-twenties.
This photograph includes sophmore classmates Ralph Williams and Robert Driggs, seen fourth and fifth from left in the second row. An automobile/train accident took the lives of both boys on May 8, 1928. Ralph served as freshman class president during the 1926-1927 school year at Worthington High School. Robert served as sophmore class president for the 1927-1928 school year.

Subjects

It features the organization Thomas Worthington High School.

It covers the topics music, students and art.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0654.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 94-G-126.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on May 1, 2002. It was last updated November 11, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Worthington High School Orchestra 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 High School Orchestra. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.