Estill County Fair 1946 | Irvine Kentucky
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Raymund films the 1946 Estill County Fair in Irvine Kentucky! He starts off with county landscape, moves through a football game and students being released from school then straight into the fair! There is a military march, quilts, canned goods being sold, a horse show, farris wheel and mary go round!
This video is an absolute treasure! Every scene is special and the one that touches me most is seeing the military parade. Having been filmed in 1946 most of those young men had just returned home from fighting in Europe, Asia, and on the high seas. How wonderful for them to be back home among their family and friends. And I must admit that I was hoping to catch a glimpse of my uncle Ferris Hale who was a native of Estill County and who also served during WWII.
This was wonderful to watch. I wished I could have watched this with my grandma, Beulah Beckelhymer Powell, who lived in Irvine off and on. Thanks for giving us this piece of history.
So glad you enjoyed it thank you so much for watching!
In those days, you didn't have to run to Richmond for shopping. The town had plenty of places to shop. Even in my day (born late 1960s), there were 3 grocery stores, Maloneys, several good clothing stores, Ben Franklin, farm store, dry cleaners, several furniture stores, Spaulding Radio Shack, Western Auto, 3 car dealerships, plumbing supply companies, Sundry Store, etc. Now it a bunch of Dollar Stores and one grocery store. No food marts in the city limits. I miss the good old days when Irvine had better places to shop!
Thank you so much for sharing Ryan! I love hearing about how it used to be! We have had lots of changes over the last half century. Most change for the better and some not so much!
Im wayyyyyy too young to know any of that (born 2006) but watching videos like this and reading comments like yours is so satisfying because I've lived here my whole life and its fun learning about our past.
Thank you for sharing. What a blessing to see our country 74 years ago.
Wow, what a treasure of a piece of film!
Thank you for posting. I got to see my Papaw and Granny in it. 💜
Allie that's incredible!!! I am so happy this had special meaning for. Hearing things like this makes all the effort worth it!
Thank you my Papaw was Jessie Ray Webb. He was a Sgt. In WWII. My Granny was Geneva Rhodus Webb she owned the Jewel Box on the corner on Main st infront of the court house.
This is priceless...thanks for posting!
This was a few years before I was even born, but I enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching and commenting Deborah!
This was a decade before I was born. My grandparents, Jesse & Edna Hamilton Tharp were from Estill Co, along with Aunt Flora, Uncle Hood Barnes, great grandmother, Barbara Benton Hamilton.
Awesome!
That was an awesome video. Is the bridge shown early in the video the one that crossed into South Irvine just past Station Camp Creek? I can remember a few of the things in here that were stil around when I was young. The mountains really took me by surprise. They looked completely bare. It's easy to see how much Irvine has changed.
Randall I think you are right about the bridge. Thanks so much for the comment. We agree Irvine has done a lot of growing up!
That bridge is down behind the Old Carhartt Building.
@@ritawoolery8655 thank you!
There are three bridges shown in the video: the Riney-B Railroad bridge (at 7 sec), the toll bridge (at 18 sec), the railroad bridge again (at 25 sec) and the old Hwy 52 bridge that crossed from South Madison Ave. to South Irvine road (at 28 sec). The railroad bridge was demolished in 1942 for scrap metal for the war effort, so that part of the video might be older than other parts.Notice some of the background that can be seen in the video: (1) the railroad bridge is in the process of being disassembled with a crane sitting on it and there might be tents in the field to the right where army engineers camped during the process; (2) Mowbray-Robinson sawmill can be seen behind the toll bridge; (3) looking up river at the old Hwy 52 bridge you can see the hills that run up along Doe Creek road. This is an amazing video and those comments just relate to the first 30 seconds! Thank you!
Also at 2:05 both the old Hwy 52 bridge and the current one (built in 1940) can be seen in the video. The older one was just up river from the newer one.
Wow, this was 2 years before my father was even born.
Appalshop of Whitesburg KY would probably love to see some of these videos and give them a wider audience.
Thanks for the recommendation Ryan! Feel free to forward or I will reach out soon!
That’s cool. Hmmmm. Wonder why there’s smoke coming from the mountains. Lol
Was the fair behind what is now the Central Office
Rita thank you so much for your comment. I am not of the fairs location back then. Fingers crossed one of our other viewers can help us out!
I can’t absolutely confirm but after watching the footage several times I believe it very well may be.
Looks like the current gym did not exist at that time and the roof has also undergone some changes.
When the camera man is on the Ferris Wheel, it appears it could be footage of Park Avenue (behind the merry go round) heading towards where the hospital is now?
Wow.
Will someone invent a time machine already so I can go back to before America was the laughingstock of the world!!! My family is from Irvine Kentucky. Did anyone see any Hendricks or Richardsons in the video???
This is amazing my family is from Irvine so im related to the bechlers , tipptons , howells ,Estes, rogers alchorns i have only visited a few times but amazing to see what it was like.