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Harold and Richard Smith and the other boys of the Y.M.C.A. Pioneer clubs prepare for a chariot race, San Dimas, 1936

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Title: Harold and Richard Smith and the other boys of the Y.M.C.A. Pioneer clubs prepare for a chariot race, San Dimas, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 29, 1936
1936-04-29
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.
Parts of the boys' camping experience includes pitching tents, having a bonfire, cooking supper and breakfast, a barbecue and a horse show.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Pioneer Boys Enjoy Barbecue and Races at Round-up," Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1936: A6.
The two boys within the chariot are dressed in costumes reminiscent of Roman emperors, while dozens of other young men surround the chariot.
Text from negative sleeve: 5063 - A Ben Hur chariot race was on the program yesterday of the Y.M.C.A. Pioneer Boys round-up at the W. K. Kellogg ranch. The drivers, left to right, are Harold and Richard Smith, sons of Mar Smith, Kellogg horse trainer. Each chariot team of four horses, was trained by the boy driver. A barbecue and a bon fire session also were on the program which brought together boys from San Diego to Santa Barbara for their annual outdoor camp frolic. 3-27-36 [stamped:] Apr 29 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14196
ark:/21198/zz002j7r2h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Costumes--American
Boys--California--San Dimas
Camps--California--San Dimas
Chariots--California--San Dimas
Smith, Richard
Smith, Harold
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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