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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A blurry photograph of Roy Garland standing in a field and drinking a beer while attending the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. Roy Garland stands at center and faces towards the left as he drinks a beer. He appears to stand at the end of a scattered line of picnic attendees that extends on an arc back and to the left. A man with a cigar in his mouth and his hands in his pockets stands behind and to the right of Roy. The field they stand in stretches towards the distance where a fence stands. Beyond the fence, a low brush-covered hill stands in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 1241. Santa Monica Canyon, about 1908. Rubber Men's picnic. 1. Roy Garland drinking a mug of beer. He was floor manager for Chanslor and Lyon Motor Supply Company. 2. Joe Pike right in the center. Roy Forsythe with cap, is laughing. Cant [sic] identify the others. Poor film. 3. Four men, but only one I recognize is Game Warden Pritchard, third from left handing out a dish of barbecue. 4. At the barbecue pit. Pritchard at the left. Others not recognizable. 5. The Water Wagon. Dont [sic] know who is on i [sic] it. Woodill Bros ran a garage in the basement of the Pacific Electric bldg at Sixth and Main Streets, Los Angeles. 5 films
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