Winfield and Cornelia Vest

Basic details

Winfield and Cornelia Vest is an image, with genre photograph and group portraits.

Its dimensions are 5 in. x 4 in..

It was created sometime in 1885.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Dewey is the photographer.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Winfield and Cornelia Vest are pictured together. A note on the photograph indicates that when the photograph was taken, Winfield had just gotten his hair cut and refused to have his hat off in the picture. Winfield Vest was highly involved in Worthington’s school system, having taught school, acted as principal of the high school, and served on the school board. The two lived at 91 East Granville Road and had four daughters (Kate Gloyd, Caroline Long, Cornelia Corbin and Bertha Vest) and one son (Samuel Winfield Vest, who died of diptheria at age 10).

Subjects

It features the people Cornelia Vest and Winfield P. Vest.

It covers the topic teachers.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1096.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 02-G-261.63.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on January 29, 2020. It was last updated November 3, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Winfield and Cornelia Vest 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 Winfield and Cornelia Vest. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.