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Title
Massive bird coop covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 massive bird coop covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River just past the Riverside bridge at the junction of Verdugo Road and San Fernando Boulevard, ca.1900. 20,000 pigeons are daily fed 1,500 pounds of grain under the care of a superintendant and three helpers who also dress 300 to 500 squabs each day for market. Many of the pigeons are either flying or are sitting on crates on the rocky ground at right. Trees are visible behind the scene.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9599
USC-1-1-1-9738 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1496
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9599
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1496.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Ranching--Livestock--Pigeons
Pigeons
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Verdugo Road & San Fernando Boulevard
Source
1-88-3 [Microfiche number]
1496 [Accession number]
CHS-1496 [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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