Image / Ken Maynard shows Florence Kroiss his horse, Tarzan, Van Nuys, 1936

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Title: Ken Maynard shows Florence Kroiss his horse, Tarzan, Van Nuys, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa February 1936]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A different photograph of Florence Kroiss taken on the same occasion appears captioned, "Van Nuys, Marking Anniversary Today, Proud of Its Newest Attraction - the Circus!" Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 1936: A5.
Ken Maynard shows Florence Kroiss his horse, Tarzan, who was a part of his circus. Kroiss wears a frilly dress, socks, and Mary Janes. Maynard wears a cowboy costume complete with gun holster and cowboy hat.
Handwritten on negative: LtoR Florence Kroiss, Ken Maynard, Tarzan
Text from negative sleeve: 3786- L.toR. Florence Kroiss, "Tarzan", Ken Maynard. Ken Maynard buys circus. 2/26/36. [Stamped:] Feb 28 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12828
ark:/21198/zz002hmx1x
Subject: Horses--California--Van Nuys
Circus animals--California--Van Nuys
Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973
Kroiss, Florence, b. 1927
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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