Elephant caddy, Miami, 1922
The photo above is in my office at home, and has been for years through multiple homes. I’ve always assumed that it was taken at Royal Nepal Golf Course in Kathmandu, but recently I decided to do a search to see if I could figure out for sure where it’s from.
So I did an image search for “elephant caddy” on Google and Live. The results are shown here:
The search results are remarkably different, but the first hit in Google showed me what I wanted to know: this photo was taken in 1922 at a golf course in Miami. That search result is a different photo that’s in the Library of Congress, but it’s obviously the same elephant and the same golfer.
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on May 16, 2008 at 6:20 am AUNT MARSHA wrote:
No comment on the beast of burden pic, but I did go to the video and see the Japanese stuffing the folks in the train. Aw aww! Kept waiting for the train to take off dragging the people down the track.
While there, at Youtube, I went ahead and watched the Dancing Obese Girl and will never be the same, unfortunately. Now, about those Oakland hookers. What is your question again? Are you asking if this is true–that they HAVE hookers there? That can’t be your real question—your own wife one of those who can so well chronicle San Pablo as having been THE street!
When they were little, one of the carrots for Molly finishing her meals was the promise of a ride down San Pablo so she could see the “beautiful ladies” and all their sparkle and so much of the hot pink she so loved. Don’t know how fresh they were or are now, however, and property values seem a minor concern for the one stop shopping, don’t you think?
And, oh Doug…I don’t know. I guess I feel sort of hurt that I wouldn’t be one with whom you’d consult on hair attachment issues and options. Why, just the other night, Teddy modeled several. If only I could attach pictures.
Gran is very grateful for Mday gift. Kind of puzzled, I think.
on July 7, 2008 at 2:53 pm paul wrote:
I have the companion print to this one, in the same frame, which is a baby elephant with a enclosed saddle with children on it’s back. These were a pair which orginally sold at Bombay Company. I have never been able to find the one you have. If you ever come across another one I would love to hear about it.
I’ll see if I can get a picture of it loaded here for you to see as well.
Thanks,
on July 7, 2008 at 4:09 pm Doug wrote:
Interesting, Paul. We each need a copy of the other one!