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. Related photograph appears with the article, "Motorized Schooner Used by 'Rockologist'," Los Angeles Times, 06 Dec 1935: 14. Chuckawalla Slim stands inside his mobile wagon, holding a rattlesnake skin. He wears a cowboy hat, a bandana around his neck, a chunky stone bracelet and ring, and his right arm is heavily tattooed. In his wagon, jewelry made by Native Americans, Native American basketwork, and either a painting or photograph of horses are displayed. Negative 13252 filed with negative 13253, but should be filed with negative 13251. Handwritten on negative: Chuckawalla Slim Text from [correct] negative sleeve: 4210 - "Chuckawalla Slim" Rockologist desert rat. Buys + sells minerals 12-2-35 [stamped:] Dec 26 1935 Text from newspaper caption: "Chuckawalla Slim," a desert trader, who utilizes a motorized covered wagon in place of the traditional burro, is back in Monrovia with his rocks and relics. "Chuckawalla" is a rare type of desert character, who talks collegiate American instead of the picturesque lingo of the Old West.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13252 ark:/21198/zz002hndnf
Subject
Tattoos Hides & skins Merchants--California--Los Angeles Stone quarrying--California--Monrovia Indians of North America--Jewelry Indian baskets--North America Slim, Chuckawalla, 1901-1975
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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