September 28, 2009

Deluxe Studio of Hot Springs (Garland County) was a leading twentieth-century Arkansas photography studio. In 1933, at the age of fourteen, future television and film technician Orval Thomas began his career as an employee of the studio, mainly editing film. He is shown here as a young man promoting the studio by shooting film on the streets of Hot Springs dressed in costume.

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