Toronto. …. or ride a frisky horse. The May, 1939 article from Popular Mechanics shows how a stuffed horse could simulate a bucking broncho in a photo taken for the folks back home!
Notice how the professional photographer uses a view camera and tripod to capture the event. Typical media of the day would be a trifle slow, even in bright sunlight. The snappers of today with their digital cameras or smart phones have super sensitive sensors (and possibly optical stabilizers) and no need for a tripod – even indoors in the daytime.
A nod to my good friend and erstwhile seeker of photo history as recorded in magazines nearly a century ago, George Dunbar, for sharing this clever ‘studio prop’ to dazzle the home-bodies.