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Description: | One of a series of tins which feature characters from 'Children's Hour' - other tins in the series included pictures of Robin Hood, the Lone Ranger, Tonto and Lassie. Roy Rogers began life in Duck Run, Ohio, as Leonard Slye. Blessed with a fine singing voice he began as a country-and-western singer with the 'Sons of the Pioneers'. His first starring film was 'Under Western Stars' (1938), which became an instant hit. He became known as the 'King of the Cowboys'. The films he made for the cinema and TV with his faithful horse Trigger had a wholesome message. He endorsed many products from toys to clothing and even, as we can see here, English biscuits! A keen shooter he also endorsed the American gun lobby the NRA and supported the Republican party. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | natural science transport horse Roy Rogers costume childhood portrait Trigger animal ethnography | Temporal: | start=1958-01-01; end=1958-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Huntley, Boorne & Stevens | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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