Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of S. T. S. Doncyson, once a child actor, holding a straw hat and standing in front of a car. This photograph appears with the article, “He Was Star Way Back in ’71!: Business Leader Tells of Acting in Old Days,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1935: 8. 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. Handwritten on negative: S. T. S. Doncyson. Text from negative sleeve: 2047—S. T. S. Doncyson of Montebello, Calif. Juvenile actor 60 years ago. 8-14-35. [Stamped:] SEP 13 1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8415 ark:/21198/zz002dg916
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Child actors--California--Montebello Hats Older people--California--Montebello Automobiles--American--California--Montebello Doncyson, Samuel T. S., 1868-1942
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