{"id":550,"date":"2016-11-05T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/unclesidneyauntelise\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:03:29","slug":"unclesidneyauntelise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/unclesidneyauntelise\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Sidney & Aunt Elise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uncle Sidney & Aunt Elise<\/span>
\nParents of the Two Little Knights of Kentucky<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nSamuel A. Culbertson, ca 1900-1905
\n“Uncle Sidney”
\n(about the middle of the Little Colonel series)<\/p>\n

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\nSamuel A. & Louise Craig Culbertson in 1897
\nAbout the time of the “Two Little Knights of Kentucky” story
\n“Uncle Sidney and Aunt Elise” of the little Colonel series
\nFrom a photo by Klauber, Louisville<\/p>\n

Their children, William & Craig<\/a> were the models for The Two Little Knights of Kentucky<\/p>\n

Well after the Little Colonel era, Sam Culbertson became president of Churchill Downs and is credited with conceiving and commissioning the Kentucky Derby Garland of Roses in 1932.<\/p>\n

The Samuel Culbertson Mansion<\/a> website is the best place to find more information and photos on Samuel & Louise later in their life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uncle Sidney & Aunt Elise Parents of the Two Little Knights of Kentucky Samuel A. Culbertson, ca 1900-1905 “Uncle Sidney” (about the middle of the Little Colonel series) Samuel A. & Louise Craig Culbertson in 1897 About the time of the “Two Little Knights of Kentucky” story “Uncle Sidney and Aunt Elise” of the little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-550","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelittlecolonel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}