PC-001-924B

Postcard back of fighting ostriches, Cawston, 1915

 

1915

 

Theo. Sohmer, Los Angeles, California

The divided back of this postcard carries an advertisement for the Cawston Ostrich Farm in the message space, the logo of the contributor, the sequential number of the publisher, and a stampbox. It is untraveled. The reference to "Jiggs and Maggie" is most likely to a pair of ostriches, but they must have been namesakes for the popular comic strips and books "Bringing Up Father" that led to a movie with those main characters. "Col. Roosevelt" would also have been an ostrich, but again a namesake for Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States (1901-1909). The "Black Bottom" was an energetic dance popular at the time this card was made.

Cawston Ostrich Farm; South Pasadena; South Pasadena Landmarks; Logos; Curt Teich; Theo. Sohmer; Divided backs; Stampboxes

 

 

 

 

MS-0008

English

[Curt Teich and Company, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois]

Postcard

3.5 X 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-001-924A

[publisher's number at top of dividing line] A-61519

[printed in red with rest of printing in blue]
Visit the Cawston Ostrich Farm
101 Pasadena Avenue
South Pasadena
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Over one hundred gigantic birds all ages
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See Jiggs and Maggie
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See "Col. Roosevelt" Dance the Black Bottom
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Souvenir given visitor presenting this card

[logo of] Theo. Sohmer [looking like painter's palette]

[stampbox] Place stamp here
ONE CENT
for United States and island possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico
TWO CENTS
for foreign

 

Image

TIFF

20.16 MB