Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph published with the article, "Japanese Bird Long On Plumes: Vancouver Visitor Exhibits Rooster With Feathers Twenty-four Feet Long," Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 1935: A3. Soichi Ito with his $1,000 pet, a white Onagadori, long-tail chicken in his room at the Olympic Hotel (formerly at 117 North San Pedro Street, which is now Judge John Aiso Street). Text from negative sleeve: 3083. Soichi Ito. Bird fancier. 12/8/35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935. Text from newspaper caption: Soichi Ito, Japanese bird fancier, and one of the two long-tailed chickens he brought here from Vancouver, B. C. This one's tail is twenty-four feet long.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10882 ark:/21198/zz002hb0p4
Subject
Roosters Olympic Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Ito, Soichi
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