Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph is published with the article, "He Was a Star Way Back in '71! Business Leader Tell of Acting in the Old Days," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1935: 8. Portrait photograph of Samuel T. S. Doncyson as a child actor. Doncyson is shown standing with his arms resting on the back of a sofa; he has a head of curls and is dressed in a suit with short pants and ankle boots. Text from newspaper caption: Here is S. T. S. Doncyson as he was in his glory as a juvenile star in "The Drunkard" in 1871 and as he appears now as a business man in Montebello. Doncyson was 4 years of age as he posed for the photo on the left. He quit the stage when he was 10 after he had his curls cut off. Text from negative sleeve: S. T. S. Doncyson of Montebello. Juvenile actor 60 yrs ago. 1655. 7-25-35 [stamped:] Aug 23 1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10005 ark:/21198/zz002ddrfs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Child actors--California--Montebello Doncyson, Samuel T. S., 1868-1942
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