Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. When Mrs. Wedemeyer's German bullfinch laid her first batch of eggs they survived even though the mother abandoned the nest. But when she laid more eggs and stopped sitting on them Mrs. Wedemeyer brought in a female canary to do the job for the bullfinch. Photograph appears with the article, "Mama Canary Raises Sets of Bullfinches," Los Angeles Times, 03 Aug 1935: A5. Mrs. Wedemeyer wears a dress and pearls as she holds in her hands a nest with two small baby birds with open mouths. Text from negative sleeve: 2042 - Mrs. Edna Wedemeyer of South Pasadena with baby bullfinch. Raises bullfinches. 7-30-35 [stamped:] Sep 13 1935 Handwritten on negative: Edna Wedemeyer 7-30-35 Text from newspaper caption: If a canary hatches bullfinches, that's news. Mrs. Edna Wedemeyer of 511 El Centro street, South Pasadena, has succeeded in accomplishing this. Of course, a lady bullfinch laid the eggs, but it required the patience and perseverance of a canary to complete the hatching.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8402 ark:/21198/zz002dg8k0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Nests Finches--California--Pasadena Birds--California Wedemeyer, Edna, 1881 or 82-1960
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