E. I. Buddy Thompson collection on rail travel safety
Abstract
The E. I.
Buddy Thompson collection on rail travel safety (dated 1912-1915; 0.5 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of Viopticon glass slide, handbills, and campaign pins.
Buddy Thompson was an author and auctioneer in Lexington, Kentucky, who wrote a well known biography of Lexington madam Belle Brezing.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- E. I. Buddy Thompson collection on rail travel safety
- Date
- 1912-1915
- Creator
- Thompson, Buddy
- Extent
- 0.5 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Railroads--Kentucky--History.
- Railroads--Photographs.
- Railroads--Safety measures
- Street-railroads--Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2003av097: [identification of item], E. I. Buddy Thompson collection on rail travel safety, 1912-1915, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Elmer I. "Buddy" Thompson was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1920 and moved to Lexington, Kentucky, as a young boy. He married Mildred "Peg" Campbell; they had one son, Joseph Clay Thompson. In 1964, Thompson along with James L. "Jim" Riley established Thompson & Riley auction and realty company. Through his business, Thompson acquired many items pertaining to Lexington history. Thompson retired in 1982.
- In addition to being an auctioneer, Thompson pursued several occupations. He served in World War II as an aerial photographer for the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater 1943-1945 and ran a flying service after the war. In 1985 Thompson finished an autobiography about his experiences in the war, A Soldier Boy’s Adventure. Thompson is best known for his book Madame Belle Brezing published in 1983, in which he describes the life of the Lexington prostitute Belle Brezing, who was thought to inspire the character Belle Watling in Gone With the Wind.
- Throughout his lifetime, Thompson was very active in the Lexington civic affairs, serving as president of the Kentucky Civil War Round Table (1980-1989); founding member and past chairman of the Lexington-Fayette County Historical Commission; president of Big Brothers of Lexington; and a member of the Kentucky Historical Society, the Filson Historical Society, and the Lexington Cemetery Board. Thompson died in 1996.
- Scope and Content
- The E. I. "Buddy" Thompson collection on rail travel safety (dated 1912-1915; 0.5 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of Viopticon glass slide, handbills, and campaign pins. The collection is divided into series by format. The Handbills series, produced by the Kentucky Terminal and Traction Company, have drawings and text about trolley and street car safety. The Glass slides series mainly depict cartoons and images relating to trolley, cable car, streetcar, and train safety. Many show images of crashes, what passengers and pedestrians should not do, and various rail travel vehicles. Finally, the last series contains a box of Safety first educational campaign pins.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Handbills, 1912
"A Costly Game", 1912
"Stick to the Ground, It's Safer.", 1912
"The Car Jumper!", 1912
"Who Is to Blame?", 1912
"Warnings Against Accidents!", 1912
Glass slides, undated
He followed the ball, undated
The Heedless Milkman, undated
He touched a live wire, undated
Always stop, look, and listen!, undated
The Stolen Ride, undated
They were playing upon the streets, undated
He jumped off a moving car, undated
This might happen to you, undated
After the accident, undated
He hooked a ride, undated
He tried to pass between two cars, undated
Maimed boy watching other boys play, undated
Crowd of injured people, undated
Man with a cast on his arm, undated
Illustration of train car and wagon collision, undated
Illustration of an accident, undated
Illustration of an accident, undated
Illustration of an accident, undated
Man stepping on a nail, undated
Children and woman waiting to cross the street, undated
Woman hanging up laundy, undated
Illustration of geese attacking boy, undated
Illustration of geese sharing pretzel, undated
Boy falling into boiling water, undated
Woman pulling boy out of pot, undated
Geese carrying boy by ears, undated
Geese dropping boy into chimney, undated
Boy harassing geese, holding pretzel, undated
Geese attacking boy, undated
Boy attacking geese, undated
Boy taunting geese with pretzel, undated
Woman giving boy pretzel, undated
Elephant blowing water on person, undated
Elephant throwing person on cactus, undated
Elephant carrying person by pants, undated
Prson covered in cactus needles, undated
Elephant grabbing person's ear, undated
Elephant running after person, undated
Elephant throwing person in water, undated
Elephant feeding person to alligator, undated
Person shooting arrow into elephant, undated
Elephant pulling on person's ear, undated
Elephant shooting water into mouth, undated
Elephant, undated
Boys hooking ride on street car, undated
Woman pushing baby carriage in front of street car, undated
Vehicle next to a street car, undated
Over-turned carriage and injured person next to street car, undated
Woman on crutches, undated
Woman examining face of child, undated
Two women holding hands, undated
Vehicles driving, undated
Two parked vehicles, undated
Street car and people waiting, undated
Boys looking at wire on the ground, undated
Boys possibly wearing prosthetic legs, undated
Women walking on tracks, undated
Man walking on tracks, undated
People gathered around injured boy, undated
Vehicle in front of street car, crowd of people, undated
Man handling wire as people look on, undated
Injured man on ground with people gathered around, undated
People walknig next to car on road, undated
Horse and buggy in front of street car on tracks, undated
Boy hanging on back of street car, undated
Boy on ground in front of street car, undated
Woman on ground next to street car, undated
Stopped street car, undated
Boys waving or throwing something at street car, undated
Men waiting for street car, undated
Car in front of street car, undated
Car in front of street car, undated
Injured or deceased woman being wrapped up on ground, undated
Boy holding gun, woman bent over boy laying on the ground, undated
People running across street in front of car, undated
Children playing near street car, undated
Person being placed in ambulance, undated
Boy sitting on steps of street car, undated
People exiting street car, undated
Girls standing near street car, undated
Injured person being carried away, undated
Man hit by street car, undated
Children next to street car, undated
Woman walking in front of street car, undated
Man on ground in front of car, undated
Boy holding gun and girl playing with it, undated
Woman on ground after buggy was hit by a street car, undated
People standing in front of street car, undated
People with horse and buggy stopping at a rail crossing, undated
Car and horse and buggy, undated
Person on crutches, undated
People gathered around, undated
People waving to a street car, undated
People gathered around man on ground, undated
School children walking on tracks, undated
Boys playing in the street, undated
People tending to injured man, undated
Boys standing next to a street car, undated
People next to track, undated
Horse and buggy next to street car, undated
Horse and buggy next to street car, undated
Man pulling another man back from street car track, undated
Horse and buggy next to street car, undated
Horse and buggy passing in front of street car, undated
Horse and buggy passing in front of street car, undated
Boy with eye patch, undated
Woman exiting street car, undated
Woman exiting street car, undated
Street car, undated
Children playing around street car, undated
Person riding bicycle in front of street car, undated
Car next to street car, undated
Street cars side by side, undated
Street car, undated
Injured person under street car, undated
Children on bicycles in front of street car, undated
Injured person, undated
People near horse and buggy, undated
Wagon in front of street car, undated
Bicyclist holding onto street car, undated
Child on a stretcher, undated
Children next to street car, undated
Men waiting for street car, undated
Man hanging onto street car, undated
Woman exiting street car, undated
Children playing near street car, undated
Injured man on ground, undated
People near street car, undated
Safety first educational campaign pins, 1915
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