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Title
Young woman with hog and ostrich eggs, 1920
Contributor
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
Young woman standing behind large pig, holding ostrich egg in each hand, with fences in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Animal, 2579, Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Hogs. Sir Jumbo Sensation and ostrich eggs, highest priced ham and eggs in world, gag, 1920. Eggs $132 per doz, Pig is worth $15,000, weighs 750#, 11/30/31 sent out. [Erased: Old UCLA. Struck out in pencil: Westwood Village, University of California at Los Angeles, showing the fountain in plaza, looking toward artistic gasoline service station of Standard Oil Co]
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:1805
uclamss_1300_1836
1836
ark:/21198/zz002bxr1g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ostriches -- Eggs
Swine
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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