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The Pigeon Farm, near Elysian Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Description
Identifier
clloy_153
Title
The
Pigeon
Farm
,
near
Elysian
Park
,
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1907-1914
Subject (Topic)
Pigeon
farming--California--Los
Angeles
;
Aviculture--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
California
Pigeon
Farm
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Elysian
Park
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Los
Angeles
River
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
DE
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
M
.
Rieder
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
View
of the
Los
Angeles
Pigeon
Farm
,
overlooking
the
Los
Angeles
River
and
surrounded
by
fields
.
Several
pigeon
cotes
can
be
seen
, with
hundreds
of
pigeons
perched
on
top
of them.
Historical Background
The
California
Pigeon
Farm
was
established
in
1898
by
J
.
Y
.
Johnson
.
It
was
located
alongside
the
Los
Angeles
River
across
from
Elysian
Park
,
near
the
intersection
of
West
Dayton
and
Avenue
20
,
later
renamed
Figueroa
and
San
Fernando
Road
,
respectively
. The
farm
benefited
from its
proximity
to the
railroad
tracks
,
where
the
free-flying
pigeons
could
scavenge
for
grain
that
dropped
from the
railroad
cars
. The
farm's
principal
product
was
squab
, but
it
also
generated
large
quantities
of
fertilizer
,
which
it
sold
to
local
orchards
and
farms
. In
February
1914
,
heavy
rains
caused
the
Los
Angeles
river
to
flood
, and
much
of the
farm
was
washed
away
. The
Los
Angeles
Times
reported
that the
loss
was
valued
at
$50,000
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: No. 3806
Additional Notes
Made
in
Germany
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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