Joe Forgette doesn't forget to hatch motherless birds
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hulse, Jerry
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 10, 1950 reads, "Mothered by gas flame - Five canary eggs in special nest are over refrigerator gas flame, placed there by Joe Forgette of Van Nuys. Mother bird got out of cage and drowned in bucket of water. Flame heat is uniform."; See image #00119660 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Birds--Infancy--California--Los Angeles Birds--Nests--California--Los Angeles Canaries--California--Los Angeles Birds--California--Los Angeles Thermostat Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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