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Photograph of Mary Armstrong at the Worthington Historical Society Museum at Sharon Memorial Hall 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 Mary Armstrong at the Worthington Historical Society Museum at Sharon Memorial Hall. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Photograph of Mary Armstrong at the Worthington Historical Society Museum at Sharon Memorial Hall is a picture, with genre photograph and group portraits. Its dimensions are 7.81 in. x 9.81 in..
It was created in 1955.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.
In this photograph from 1955, Mary Armstrong (b. 1915, d. 2007) and Vance Smith stand in front of a new Worthington Historical Society museum display housed in the Sharon Memorial Hall. Armstrong was a founding member of the Historical Society as well as its first president. Vance Smith served as chairman of Worthington’s Sesquicentennial celebration in 1953.
The Worthington Historical Society was founded in 1955 and opened this museum in the former home of the Horace Wright family. The marble fireplace reflects Victorian tastes, as the Wright residence was built in 1861.
The museum remained in the building until the Society opened the Orange Johnson House to the public in 1972. The charcoal portrait on the fireplace depicts Olive Loring, a local milliner from early Worthington, and can be seen on display at the Orange Johnson House today.
It covers the topics homes, museums, architecture and historic sites.
It features the people Vance M. Smith, 1892-1965 and Mary Elizabeth Armstrong (née Edge), 1915-2007.
It features the organizations Worthington Historical Society and Sharon Memorial Hall.
It covers the city Worthington.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 07.0021.21. The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1173.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 5, 2020. It was last updated August 24, 2021.