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Title: Group with carrier pigeons
Unidentified group of people posed with pigeons. The man on the left is Eugene M. Van Antwerp, manager of the Sperry Flour Company store. He used carrier pigeons to send orders from the San Lorenzo Valley back to the store in Santa Cruz.
Source of information: Museum of Natural History
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1930's
Publication Information: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Contributing Institution: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Collection: Photo Collection
Rights Information: This photograph is courtesy of the Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History.
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Description: Unidentified group of people posed with pigeons. The man on the left is Eugene M. Van Antwerp, manager of the Sperry Flour Company store. He used carrier pigeons to send orders from the San Lorenzo Valley back to the store in Santa Cruz.
Source of information: Museum of Natural History
Type: image
Format: Image
Identifier: LH-SCM098
Language: English
Subject: Sperry Flour Company
Time Period: 1930s

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