| Warren
County Sights and Sounds Opens in May
Bowling Green,
Ky. – Warren County Sights and Sounds, an exhibit presenting
the history and culture of Bowling Green and Warren County in photographs
and film, will open May 31 in Western Kentucky University’s Kentucky
Library & Museum.
The exhibit is the result of a two-year joint project where approximately
150 photographs and 45 feet of moving film related to Bowling Green and
Warren County were collected. Sponsors of the project and exhibit are
The Landmark Association, The Bowling Green/Warren County Historic Preservation
Board, Insight Communications, and The Kentucky Library & Museum.
“Warren County Sights and Sounds is the culmination of a collaborative
effort between a number of local historical entities,” says Jonathan
Jeffrey, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives Coordinator at WKU’s
Kentucky Library & Museum. “We are pleased to have these images
permanently included in the Kentucky Library & Museum collection and
doubly pleased to present them to the community in this intriguing exhibit.”
The exhibit’s cultural images feature the people and places in Bowling
Green and Warren County, including parades around Fountain Square Park,
sports groups, horse-drawn sleighs, and individual portraits. Several
photographs portray river scenes, such as a rare one showing people swimming
in the Barren River at the foot of State Street. Images of Beech Bend
Park and various historical properties are included.
The exhibit also focuses on the history of the city and county. A significant
grouping of photographs relate to a 1960 campaign stop in the city by
Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. Perhaps the most unusual photograph
is of Lewis and Damsel Underwood, slaves of Warner Lewis Underwood, a
prominent 19th Century lawyer and politician from Bowling Green.
Sights and Sounds of Warren County will be located in the Museum’s
Garden Gallery and continues through December 7, 2008. For more information,
contact Jonathan Jeffrey at 745-5265 or jonathan.jeffrey@wku.edu
or visit www.wku.edu/library/kylm/exhibits.
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