Category: History Mysteries

Who served on the 1915 Exposition Commission?

Kentucky Historical Society library staff recently rediscovered a photograph of the 1915 Exposition Commission from the Thomas T. Wendell Collection (MSS 167).  The image features a group of African American men, including Green Pinckney Russell, Dr. Underwood and Thomas Wendell, outside of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, KY.  KHS …

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Do you remember People’s Pharmacy?

In 1913, Jennie V. Wendell and Dan Hunter, the children of Dr. Thomas T. Wendell and Dr. J.E. Hunter, posed for a photograph playing the roles of doctor and patient.  The image was taken as part of an advertising campaign for the People’s Pharmacy, located on 118 North Broadway in …

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