Jack Aoki 1930-1931

Jack Aoki 1930-1931

Student on horse, another horse nearby

Jack Aoki DS32. Also a file containing a memoir or life story from his wife Barbara, with a cover letter from his daughter Sarah Eppenbach, and a second picture of Aoki on horseback, prior to Deep Springs and part of his Deep Springs application

Walter Balderston DS30

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33

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1930-1931

Dens Clark

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

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PDF file

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Still image

17DEC0233

Deep Springs lower ranch probably, not certainly

photographic print

approximately 3 x 5 in.

This photo contains some great Western details, such as the leather reatas, and the neat trick of tucking a loop of the McCarty into his belt-- why not? You don't need it except when you get off, and when you do, it's right there, not needing to be untied from the saddle. Hackamores for the horses, and probably hair ropes for the reins and McCarty. Nice hat, too.

The memoir of his life covers his Japanese American heritage, the trouble this caused in brushes with internment during World War II, his activities later in life, and his relatively early death in 1962, at age 51.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33, letter from daughter and pre-Deep Springs horseback image in Deep Springs alumni file