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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A blurry photograph of some Rubber Men's Picnic attendees sitting atop the water wagon in Santa Monica Canyon. The wagon sits in partial view in the near distance, right-of-center. It is viewed from the side and extends out-of-frame at right. Affixed to the side of the wagon is a sign that reads, "Water Wagon RUBBER MAN'S PICNIC. Woodill Auto Co. INC. 6th and Los Angeles Sts." A man stands on the ground to the left of the sign and looks to the camera. Three men sit atop the upper rail of the wagon. One man sits above and to the left of the sign and smokes a cigar. The other two sit to the right of the sign. The man to the immediate right of the sign looks to the camera and the man at far right looks off towards the right. Tall grasses stretch across the ground behind the wagon at left and trees occupy the rest of 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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