i've seen such photos is antique shops but can't tell you alot more.  they
are not uncommon.


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From: "john & heather" <[log in to unmask]>
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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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