Artifacts
Artifact 1Radio: 1931
Donated by Mike Craig, this Crosley 122 Super Buddy Boy is a table-top model and is made of repwood, a pressed wood made from sawdust and glue. Crosley Corp. was founded in Cincinnati in 1921. Its modern incarnation is Crosley Radio in Louisville.
The 1925 Kentucky Derby was the first Derby broadcast on the radio.
Artifact 2Harness Racing Silk and Hat
1950s
This silk racing outfit belonged to Henry G. Adcock of Pembroke. Adcock popularized harness racing, in which horses trot or pace, in Christian County. He owned, raised, and raced harness horses from the 1940s-1960s.
Harness, rather than thoroughbred, racing was the most popular kind of horse racing in Christian County.
Artifact 3Louisville & Nashville Railroad Spittoon
1920s
Made of metal and enamel, this spittoon was used on an L&N passenger car. Spittoons were receptacles for spitting chewing tobacco juice into when inside. Hopkinsville’s L&N passenger depot still stands on East 9th and the railroad tracks.
Many out of town guests to the 1925 Derby arrived in Louisville via the railroad.
Artifact 4Brownie Camera
1920s
Eastman Kodak’s Brownie series made photography accessible to amateurs in the early 1900s. Suddenly, average people were able to document everyday events and special occasions in their own lives. This camera belonged to Edgar Cayce and was donated by D.D. Cayce, III.
This model was produced 1915-1926.