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| Title | Children riding ostrich |
| Description | Vertical rectangular black and white real photograph on postcard blank. Man and woman standing next to young girl and boy seated on an ostrich. Little girl holds reins attached to strap around ostrich's beak. Man has left hand on back of ostrich's neck. Man wears dark colored suit with hat and necktie. Woman wears large light colored turban-like hat and full length coat. Little girl identified as Lois Hutchins wears dark colored, high crowned hat, plaid dress, dark colored stockings and high topped button shoes. Boy wears Windsor cap, eyeglasses, medium colored jacket and short pants, long dark stockings and high topped button shoes. Trees and water in background. Printed in oval in bottom margin: "MAWESNER - PHOTO/ CAWSTON/ OSTRICH/ FARM/ CALIFORNIA". |
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| Date Original | 1915? |
| Creator | W. A. Wesner
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| Subject - TGM | Ostriches
Children
Families
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| Subject - Local Names | Sanders, Lois Hutchins
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| Subject - Local Places | Non-Johnson County
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| Notes | Lois later married Robert D. Sanders. For more information about the Sanders see clippings, etc, in donor file.
Cawston Ostrich Farm, in South Pasadena, California, opened in 1886 by Edwin Cawston and was America's first ostrich farm. It was located in the historic Arroyo Seco Valley just three miles north of downtown Los Angeles. |
| Owner | Johnson County Museum
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| Photo Use and Limitations | http://www.jocohistory.org/templates/JCL_InfoPage.aspx?id=14766 |
| Photo & Image Fees | http://www.jocomuseum.org/docs/PhotographFeeSchedule.pdf |
| Photo Order Form | http://www.jocomuseum.org/docs/PhotographOrderForm.pdf |
| Resource Identifier | JCM1994-85-40 |
| Acknowledgements | Photograph digitization funded by the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners through the Heritage Trust Fund, 2004-05. |
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