Groundbreaking of the Worthington Pool

Photograph of the Groundbreaking of the Worthington Pool
Photograph of the Groundbreaking of the Worthington Pool

Basic details

Groundbreaking of the Worthington Pool is an image, with genre photograph.
It was created June 3, 1954.
A. V. V. Shirk is the photographer.
The original is in a private collection.

Background

This black and white image is identified by the photographer A. V. Shirk as the groundbreaking for the Worthington Pool. According to the "Columbus Dispatch," the event took place June 3, 1954. The three individuals have not been identified, but they may include Dow Nelson, pool manager and Worthington High School football coach, and Vernon Holderman, a local construction contractor whose company, V. N. Holderman & Sons, built the pool. The site sits on high ground to the west of the high school, just north of Dublin-Granville Road and east of the Olentangy River.

The completed swimming pool opened August 15, 1954.

Photographer Albin Vinyard Shirk, commonly known as A.V., grew up in Colonial Hills and graduated from Worthington High School in 1956.

Subjects

It features the organizations Worthington Pools and Swiminc.
It covers the topics pools, construction and swimming.
It covers the city Worthington.
It features the address 400 W. Dublin-Granville Road.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is wcd0371.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .

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