Stumpy?

The site where I found these photos identified the model as Johnny Stumps, but here's the kicker.  The photos are attributed to Jim French of Colt Studio.  Colt called him Stumpy.  

I checked my calendar and verified it is not April Fools Day.  Did Johnny pose for Colt?  If this is correct, at least I finally have learned who owned that chair.  I've seen it before in a few other photos of models I was not able to identify.