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December 22, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Dick Nash, Pony Ballet." (My first thought on seeing this: How did my vacation photos end up on the Internet?) 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Dick Nash's performance was part of a production called "Uncle Sam's Follies." He was billed as a "local Will Rogers, who did jokes and lariat stunts."
Would this have been at a theater? Or at some outdoor festival?
[The Pony Ballet was part of "Uncle Sam's Follies," presented at the President Theater by the D.C. Federation of Federal Employees. - Dave]
Cowboy was be a history lol, just be kind ordinary person :)
[Indeed. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowbows. - Dave]
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart;
I want to learn to rope and ride.
--Patsy Montana, "Cowboy's Sweetheart"
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