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Identified! [Western movie actor Tom Mix at the White House, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • drombit007 said:
    Pretty sure that's early movie cowboy Tom Mix? Even the hat looks like his ++style 10 gallon hat.
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks drombit007! I believe you're right. We'll add his name to the title. I tried searching some newspaper databases to see when his visit was, but the best I found so far is two articles from August and September of 1921 that say he recently visited the White House.
  • drombit007 said:
    Jon (LOC P&P) Very cool.

Tom Mix and family (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Richard Norton said:
    Tom Mix (1880-1940) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345468
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mix "Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema." His wife in this picture is Victoria Forde and their daughter is Thomasina. See cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-of-the-west-victoria-forde/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Forde
  • swanq said:
    The Indianapolis Times. April 17, 1925, Home Edition, page 10, column 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1925-04-17/ed-... reports that he rode his pony off the boat in Southampton when he arrived in England. Perhaps this photo was taken at the beginning of that voyage.
  • swanq said:
    The Daily Kennebec Journal. April 07, 1925, page 10, column 6, bottom chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1925-04-07/ed-... reported, "Tom Mix To Sail Tonight On 'Aquitania' -- Tom Mix., motion picture star, with his family, his horse and trappings will sail for Europe tonight at midnight on the Cunard liner 'Aquitania'. He will tour Great Britain and the continent, giving exhibitions of Western horsemanship in many of the large cities. Tom Mix was formerly deputy city marshal of Dewey, Okla., and Is an expert with horses, revolvers and lariats. He will be accompanied by his wife, his daughter Thomasina. and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Forde. The family will occupy the regal suite, consisting of four staterooms, a parlor, a veranda and two bath rooms."

Into the West

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Swordscookie said:
    One of the all time greats! I just mentioned him in a comment recently and can't think where??? It's part of the "getting-old-heimers" I suffer from.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Love the expression "getting-old-heimers"!
  • vandillo said:
    Interesting - although I can't find reference to a Tom Mix visit to Dublin in The Irish Times, from 1920-1929. Although there are references to his visting England twice, in 1925 and 1929. Is there any more detail about the photo?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    vandillo Hmm! Have been investigating. Found the refs to England in 1925 and 1929. Checked a load of newspapers, and did find one reference to a proposed visit to Dublin, but that was late 1930s. Will keep searching. However, metadata on these W.D. Hogan photos is usually pretty reliable...
  • Sam said:
    Amazing to think this was the same year the Civil War ended!