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

Basic details

Photograph of Storytime at the Worthington Public Library's National Library Week Celebration, 1968 is an image, with genre photograph.

It was created April 28, 1968.

Worthington Libraries is the creator.

Worthington Libraries is the contributor.

You can find the original at Old Worthington Library.

Background

This black-and-white photograph shows a library employee giving a storytime to a group of children 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. She is shown seated and holding up an open picture book for the children to see; in the foreground, some children looking on are visible.

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 in a newly constructed facility at 805 Hartford Street (now 820 High Street).