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Title
Man preparing an ostrich for transport in Lincoln Park
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a man preparing an ostrich for transport in Lincoln Park, [s.d.]. The man is pictured at right, stroking(?) the neck of the ostrich, whose head is hooded. At center, the ostrich's body is visible enclosed in a partially-completed crate, which bears the sign "Live ostrich. From Los Angeles Ostrich Farm to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Danger/Peligro (kicks)". Other ostriches and a second man can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22423 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49039
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22423
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49039.jpg
Subject
Ostriches
Hatcheries--Ostriches
Agricultural sites
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
land parcels: Lincoln Park
Source
49039 [Accession number]
CHS-49039 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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