John,
Last fall we did an exhibit about the history of Mexican-Americans in our
county, which is in southern California. We had at least two photos of
children in goat carts loaned to us for the exhibit. The carts and goats
were different in each photo, and we had no explanation about the
significance of the goat cart. I just thought I'd let you know that we had
them here in California too!
Kathy Henri
Ventura County Museum of History & Art
www.vcmha.org

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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 5:08 AM
Subject: goat cart photos


> Dear listers,
>
> I'm at a local history museum in High Point, North Carolina.  A
> colleague in Lexington, NC called me the other day and sparked my
> interest.  We both have 1930s photographs of small children posed in a
> cart hitched to a goat.  The cart has plaques with the town name and
> year on it, but obviously has either been repainted many times or can
> easily be removed.  One of the Lexington photos bears the stamp of the
> photographer with "[name], Traveling Photographer".  My donor said she
> knew lots of local people with such photos, but that was all the
> information she gave me.
>
> We can make some assumptions, but I'd like to hear from anyone who knows
> more about this.  Were goat carts a specific prop to the Southern United
> States?  Were traveling photographers more prolific during the
> Depression? If there are any good books on itinerant 20th century
> photographers and their props, that would be great.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> John Marks
> High Point Museum
>
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