Today, a couple of children and a very wooly goat, in front of what appears to be a bungalow in Florida or California, judging by the palm fronds in the photo. I wonder if this goat and his wagon were traveling photo props, like all those ponies and cowboy hats in the 1950s?
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(from the CMA Archives)
January 4, 2012 at 11:05 am
The picture with the goat is almost certainly from Southern California. The Arts and Crafts style of the house was very common there, but most uncommon in Florida.
January 4, 2012 at 11:24 am
I think you’re right, Susan, that this photo was most likely taken in California. But, while there is certainly a distinct California style of Arts-and-Crafts houses, Arts-and-Crafts / Craftsman bungalows (of various styles, including the iconic “California” style) can be found on both coasts and everywhere in between. We have entire neighborhoods of them here in Lexington, Kentucky!
March 4, 2013 at 11:58 pm
I have the EXACT same photo of my grandmother, circa 1920ish – seriously, the goat has those horns and everything. She grew up in what is now Inglewood, then unincorporated LA…. wonder if the two photos are somehow related?
March 5, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Kate: I wonder whether this goat was like those traveling ponies that every California kid in the early 1950s seems to have been photographed on, while wearing a Cowboy hat and “six-shooters”?? 🙂