Descriptive of the Arizona Ostrich Farm and Its Product of Ostrich Feather Goods

Descriptive of the Arizona Ostrich Farm and Its Product of Ostrich Feather Goods

Author: Arizona Ostrich Farm

Publisher:

Published: 1908*

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13:

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Illustrated sales catalog of products of the Arizona Ostrich Farm, including plumes, feather boas, stoles, ostrich egg shells, feather fans, and raw feathers. At the turn of the century ostrich farming became big business in Arizona due to women's hat fashions. The end of World War I saw the end of the ostrich business in Arizona.


Plumes

Plumes

Author: Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0300142854

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From Yiddish-speaking Russian-Lithuanian feather handlers in South Africa to London manufacturers and wholesalers, from New York's Lower East Side to entrepreneurial farms in the American West, this text explores the details of a remarkably vibrant yet ephemeral culture.