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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Back of postcard, Okeechobee alligator, 1915
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PC-001-809B
Back of postcard, Okeechobee alligator, 1915
1915
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[Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois]
Sohmer Brothers, Los Angeles, California
The back of this divided, unsent card bears a paragraph about the alligator named "Okeechobee" and alligator farming in Los Angeles, the publisher's information and number, a number from the otherwise unacknowledged Teich organization, and the logo of the Sohmer Brothers, as well as a stampbox.
Stampboxes; Logos; Sohmer Brothers; Alligator farming; Curt Teich
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Western Publishing & Novelty, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-001-809A
[Curt Teich number at top of card] A-61409
[logo looking like artist's palette] Sohmer Brothers, Los Angeles
[publisher's number] L. A. 27
[stampbox] Place the Stamp here
ONE CENT
for United States and Island Possessions Cuba, Canada and Mexico
TWO CENTS for foreign
[printed description of subject of card]
"Okeechobee" 500 years old, California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles has a unique farm for the raising of alligators and it has proven a source of attraction to the tourist and amusements to the children.
As the animals mature their skins are used for commercial purposes, so that the farm has a double source of revenue, one from amusement enterprises,m and another from the manufacturing end.
[logo looking like artist's palette] Sohmer Brothers, Los Angeles
[publisher's number] L. A. 27
[stampbox] Place the Stamp here
ONE CENT
for United States and Island Possessions Cuba, Canada and Mexico
TWO CENTS for foreign
[printed description of subject of card]
"Okeechobee" 500 years old, California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles has a unique farm for the raising of alligators and it has proven a source of attraction to the tourist and amusements to the children.
As the animals mature their skins are used for commercial purposes, so that the farm has a double source of revenue, one from amusement enterprises,m and another from the manufacturing end.
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