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Caption: "Home Economics Bldg. Santa Barbara. Built." Design and drawing of Home Economics Building, Riviera Campus, Santa Barbara State College, by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1929. Project for Department of Education.
Date: 1927-1928
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Caption: "OSTRICH FARM, Pasadena, California.," c. 1905. View of several ostriches in a corral at the Caswston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. Opened by Edward Cawston in 1886, this was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. It became a popular tourist stop along the Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway in the early twentieth century, where visitors could ride an ostrich, or be pulled by one in a light card. They could also buy merchandise made out of ostrich feathers, such as hats and boas. The farm closed in the mid-1930s.
Date: 1905