Tash and the Quints, Xmas, 1934
Toronto. Attention all image collectors! In yesterday’s post (q.v.)we commented on the life of Canadian Movie maker Roy Tash.
In the same issue (14-5), Bob Wilson in his column Image of the Month writes, “On May 28,1934, five identical girls, the Dionne Quintuplets, were born on a farm near North Bay, Ontario.
“At the time, the newsreel companies were quite aggressive in obtaining footage and two photographers were on the site within a day of the birth. Roy Tash was one of them. Since the old farmhouse did not have electricity, Tash reports that he had to round up several car batteries to provide the power for his lights.
“The photo shown here was taken near Christmas 1934, when the five girls were still less than seven months old. Tash, behind the movie camera, and his sound man Alf Nicholson.”
