Photograph of Harold Gloyd

Basic details

Photograph of Harold Gloyd is an image, with genre photograph and portraits.

Its dimensions are 6.25 in. x 4.25 in..

It was created around 1927-1928.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Harold Gloyd (b. 1908, d. 1929), pictured here, was the son of Elmer and Katherine Gloyd. He was raised with his sister Ellen at the home at 119 E. Granville Road. Harold attended Worthington Schools and graduated from Worthington High School in 1926. He was employed by his uncle, Samuel E. Corbin in the undertaking business after high school.

In March 1929, Harold Gloyd and friend and classmate Paul Wager were killed in a plane crash in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania after the airplane encountered fog flying from Columbus to New York. Details of the fatal crash were reported in the March 28th, 1929 Worthington News. A joint funeral for the two boys was held, and Gloyd was buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery.

Subjects

It features the person Harold W. Gloyd.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1256.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 02-G-261.12.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on September 21, 2021. It was last updated November 24, 2025.

Copyright

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Photograph of Harold Gloyd 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 Photograph of Harold Gloyd. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.