This old Woodland Park postcard brings back memories.
Not from 1915, but from my high school job working on an ostrich farm.
A diversion was created while I snuck into the pen and snagged the eggs headed for the incubator. You had to be quick, lest you should get caught in a corner and kicked to death.
The farmer’s wife was nearly killed by one.
Enough about me, check out the 1915 card and click for the high res.
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| The Ostriches At Woodland Park, Seattle. Photo by Nowell & Rognon. |
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| Postcard sent October 1915 to Newark, Ohio. |
Hello Cliff – what an interesting postcard – where did you find it? I am a collector also. I’ve seen ostrich in the wild in Africa – they are an elegant beast – in the distance!
Janet
You worked on an ostrich farm? Fascinating….have you seen the installment of DIRTY JOBS where Mike works at an ostrich farm? You know ostriches have 2000 pounds of kicking force in their legs–they meet up with a lion in the wild, they can break the lion’s jaw with one kick, leaving them to starve.
Ya they can be nasty suckers. Bizarre looking too.