Dynamite the donkey
Photograph
Photo of a small donkey harnessed to a carriage or gig. Dynamite waits on a street with the back bumper of a car visible on the right side of the photo. In the background, across the street, a car is parked and a sign in a shop window offers soda.
Handwriting along the bottom edge of the print reads "A friend of yours at ? Center?"
Original accession number is 89-1-73.
1989.01.73
Print, photograph
Dynamite the Donkey(s)
Dynamite was the ironic name of a series of tame donkeys used by the Simonson photography studio as prop. Visitors would pay to have their photograph taken while they posed on or near Dynamite.
1880 Tourism steamship era -1930
Winthers, Sally
1989.01
Found in Collection
3-1/4 in
4-1/2 in
031 A+B+C+D Photo Files
02/15/2026
02/15/2026