May 21, 2015

Who needs a horse when you can ride an ostrich?

By C.E. Ryan

RPPC. Private Collection.

1900s Souvenir photo. RPPC. Private Collection.

A funny souvenir RPPC of a bespectacled man enjoying his ride atop an ostrich at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in California. The other’s reaching up to pet it. The man riding the bird is also carrying a 3a Kodak portable folding camera used to make RPPCs.

Photographer: M.A. Wesner Photo

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2015 at 9:45 am and tagged with 1900s, California, Camera, Cawston Ostrich Farm, M.A. Wesner, ostrich, USA and posted in Humorous, RPPCs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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