Vivian Cammack and Irene Alcalay with a wooden horse, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Vivian Cammack and Irene Alcalay with a wooden horse, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

July 1935

Date

1935-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Vivian holds a strap over the back end of the horse while Irene pulls on the reins. The "horse" is constructed of one long log for the body and four pieces of wood for the legs with an extended piece above the log for the head.
The tree-horse of Centerville has won parade prizes for many years. It is powered with a one-cylinder motor.
Photograph appears with the article, "Gasoline-Drinking Wooden Horse Blows In," Los Angeles Times, 23 July 1935: 5.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1289 - Vivian Cammack Irene Alcalay wooden Horse 7-23-35 [stamped:] Jul 31 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Centerville's famous tree horse takes Miss Vivian Cammack, left, and Miss Irene Alcalay for a ride. The log is from a pepper tree and is being taken to the California Pacific International Exposition to herald the American Legion State convention to be held at Fresno August 10 to 15.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Vivian Cammack Irene Alcalay 7-23-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Alcalay, Irene, b. circa 1913
Cammack, Vivian, b. 1913 or 14

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Wood--California--Los Angeles
Carriages & coaches--American--California--Los Angeles