Photographic print of a woman in an ox cart at McLeod's Amusement Park

Object Details

Description: A black-and-white real photograph postcard of a woman sitting in an ox cart at McLeod's Amusement Park, also known as Happy Hollow, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The woman is wearing a dress, overcoat, cloche hat, hosiery and heels. The cart is made out of logs and planks. The woman is holding the reins to the ox, although the ox appears to be chained in place and is not moving. There is a sign on the cart that reads [TRAVELING - THRU - ARK./ ON - THE - WAY - HOME.] There is a license plate on the proper left side of the wagon, above the wheel, that is partially legible. In the background is a structure overtaken by vines with some partially legible signs, including: [HOTEL - INN/ HOT SPRINGS/ HAPPY HOLLOW] and [OUR SUMMER HOME].

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman

1926-1945

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place depicted: McLeod's Amusement Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; American South; American West; Amusements; Communities

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51ed7cdab-2f18-41df-b738-e51957ab5231