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Pony Ballet: 1925

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.

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.

 

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Lariat Stunts

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."

Pony Ballet

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]

Cowbow

Cowboy was be a history lol, just be kind ordinary person :)

[Indeed. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowbows. - Dave]

Pony Ballet

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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