PC-001-941

Los Angeles Ostrich Farm

 

 

 

The Van Ornum Colorprint Co., Los Angeles, California

Ostrich farms raised birds to sell their feathers (plumes), meat and leather, but they also promoted tourism. There was a race track, gift shop, and there were tours and fees to watch feeding and plume clipping. This card could represent any one of the 10 farms in the Los Angeles area by 1910, before ostrich plumes went out of fashion. The publisher's number on the divided back is A 21. Also on the back is the slogan "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders," suggesting that the card was part of a promotion of The Coast Line-Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Given the divided back and the publisher's closing date, the range of this card is 1907-1918.

Ostriches; Ostrich plumes; Cawston Ostrich Farm; South Pasadena; South Pasadena Landmarks; Animal husbandry; Livestock; Birds; Flightless birds; Agriculture; Farms; Farming

3609 Mission Road

California - Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights

 

 

MS-0008

 

O. Newman Co., Los Angeles/San Francisco, California

Postcard

3.5 X 5.5 inches

No

PC-001-921 through PC-001-940; PC-001-942 through PC-001-951

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.88 MB