Sesquicentennial Pageant

Basic details

Sesquicentennial Pageant is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 3.68 in x 4.75 in.

It was created October 5, 1953.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Harry Huntley drives a horse drawn wagon for "The Whetstone Venture", a historical pageant performed during the 1953 Worthington Sesquicentennial. Warren Insley sits beside him. The pageant was written and directed by Frank Corbin, local author and historian.
The pageant took place in Hartford Park, located at Hartford and Stafford Streets. 400 residents were used for the cast and production committees. Tickets were $1.00.

Subjects

It covers the topics art, pageants and centennial celebrations.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0725.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 73-G-180e.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on August 27, 2002. It was last updated November 10, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Sesquicentennial Pageant 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 Sesquicentennial Pageant. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.