Snapshots in Time, a column exploring the history of Hopkinsville and Christian County through old photographs and artifacts, is published monthly, usually on the third Monday. It is written by Alissa Keller, the executive director of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County. Explore more Snapshots in Time.
A photographer perches high above Main Street and aims his camera toward the intersection of Ninth Street. The intersection is full, packed with a sea of people. Men, women, and children stand shoulder-to-shoulder, so many of them that it is hard to distinguish where one person ends and the next begins.
A few lucky folks peer from the windows above E. H. Higgin’s Drug Store. The uniform of the day clearly calls for a hat, and many even carry umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun. Two men adjust and balance a large speaker on top of the awning at the Phoenix Hotel. One woman in the foreground glances up just as the photographer’s shutter…