Paying election bet, Sellersburg, Indiana, Nov 1928 photograph

Description:	In 1928 Herbert Hoover won the presidential election over Alfred Smith. Herman Popp and Karl Kramer, both of Silver Creek Township, made a wager on the outcome of the election. The loser would have to push the winner in a cart from Speed to Sellersburg. Kramer won the wager and Popp held up his end of the wager. The cart was the one used to carry mail from the Speed post office and railroad. The journey started at Ernest David Drug Store in Speed where the photograph was taken. The Louisville Cement Company can be seen in the background. People in the picture are Herman Popp wearing the poster of Alfred Smith. To his right (going left to right) are: in the front Tony Hoffman, Kenneth Hoffman, Randall Hauck (eating ice cream); second row Charles Bottorff, Jarvis Dago Bottorff; third row Laurent “Dutch” Cowling, Roland Stoner and Lloyd Bottorff; fourth row James Griffin and Harry Collins; to Popp’s left is Gilbert Himebaugh. To Kramer’s left is Walter Lamaster, Paul David, Floyd Himebaugh, Charles “Peg” Swartz, John Scholl, Harry Regan, Edwin Gladden Jr., and John Dean.
Origin:	1928-11
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/12139
Collection:	Clark County Collections
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Geography:	Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana 38.3860346,-85.7792031
Subjects:	Speed (Ind.) Sellersburg (Ind.) Presidential elections Clark County (Ind.)

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