Real photo postcard, approx. 5.5 x 3.5 in., featuring three African American tourists, including an elegantly attired woman seated in a cart advertising the "Los Angeles Ostrich Farm / Opposite Lincoln Park." Handwritten notations below the image identify two of the figures as "Lula" and "Pat" while the handwritten pencil notation on verso states "Taken Sunday / Mar 20 -27 / While out Riding." In the early 1900s ostrich farms became part of an unusual, but incredibly popular, tourism trade in Southern California. Visitors could ride in ostrich-drawn carriages, observe feeding time, hold baby ostriches, and visit souvenir shops among other diversions. The Los Angeles Ostrich Farm became one of these wildly popular ostrich attractions when it opened in 1906, and was the last of its kind when it closed in 1953. While souvenir images of tourists in the ostrich-drawn carts are plentiful, images of African American tourists enjoying an ostrich farm excursion are scarce. Condition: Mild soil, overall good.
Real photo postcard, approx. 5.5 x 3.5 in., featuring three African American tourists, including an elegantly attired woman seated in a cart advertising the "Los Angeles Ostrich Farm / Opposite Lincoln Park." Handwritten notations below the image identify two of the figures as "Lula" and "Pat" while the handwritten pencil notation on verso states "Taken Sunday / Mar 20 -27 / While out Riding." In the early 1900s ostrich farms became part of an unusual, but incredibly popular, tourism trade in Southern California. Visitors could ride in ostrich-drawn carriages, observe feeding time, hold baby ostriches, and visit souvenir shops among other diversions. The Los Angeles Ostrich Farm became one of these wildly popular ostrich attractions when it opened in 1906, and was the last of its kind when it closed in 1953. While souvenir images of tourists in the ostrich-drawn carts are plentiful, images of African American tourists enjoying an ostrich farm excursion are scarce. Condition: Mild soil, overall good.
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