Part four: History of the Huck 'n' Buck
The Ol' Huck 'n' Buck may have been invented by a photographer named James Laughead or Jim Laughead of University Park, Pennsylvania:
It is possible that it was featured in the 05nov1951 issue of LIFE magazine:
Confirmation or contradiction of any of these suppositions is welcomed).
Iris B. writes:
I know a little about Jim Laughead and the “Huck ‘n’ Buck”. Jim Laughead was my grandfather and lived in Dallas, TX. As far as I know, he coined the phrase “huck ‘n’ buck”. He and my father, James T. "Brad" Bradley did the media guide photographs for over 50 colleges across the nation (in many cases they took the pictures of all sports) and many of the professional football teams. Most of the pictures associated with Doak Walker were taken by my father. My father still retains an extensive library of photographs taken.
What interests me about the Huck 'n' Buck is that it's something that everyone of a certain age range would recognize, but almost no one would know the name for—or even realize that there was a name for. A library of Huck 'n' Buck photos? If I were a rich man, I would build a museum dedicated to the ol' Huck 'n' Buck. The Ol' Huck 'n' Buck Museum. That is what this country needs (it can do without the five-cent cigar, I think).
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