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OS-38   Man with Ostriches- Bartlett-Heard Ranch
OS-38 Man with Ostriches- Bartlett-Heard Ranch
OS-38   Man with Ostriches- Bartlett-Heard Ranch

OS-38 Man with Ostriches- Bartlett-Heard Ranch

Datec. 1900
MediumPhoto paper
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number1987.1.2727
DescriptionA man tending ostriches at the Heard Ranch southwest of Tempe. Ostrich farms flourished in central Arizona in the early 1900s. After 1915, ostrich plumes went out of style in ladies fashions, and local farmers stopped raising the animals.
Status
Not on view