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“Cawston Ostrich Farm, South Pasadena, California, was opened in 1886 by Edwin Cawston. It was America’s first ostrich farm. In 1885 Edwin Cawston charted a ship to take fifty of some of the best obtainable ostriches in the world from South Africa to South Pasadena. Only eighteen survived.
“The Cawston Ostrich Farm became a premier tourist attraction for many years. It was sold in 1934 to satisfy a tax claim”
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“In his five short weeks of life, Orbit hasn’t met many other owls. So he isn’t at all worried that his new best friend doesn’t hoot back. He’s perfectly happy in the company of his stuffed companion. Orbit, a common barn owl, was given the toy by Lyndsey Wood, his carer at Folly Farm, near Narberth in West Wales. She said: ‘A friend suggested that I find something like a toy owl to stop Orbit feeling lonely. ‘I thought he might try to eat it, but he just cuddles up to it and goes to sleep.’”
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Untitled by Francesca Woodman, Rome, 1977-78
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A young girl with her doll wearing a pair of artificial legs, 1890, UK.
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Pevacci - Paulina Otylie Surys for VISION magazine, China
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Gas-resistant stroller
A wartime stroller equipped with gas protection; England, Hextable, 1938
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Piano for the bedridden
Piano especially designed for people confined to bedrest; Great Britain, 1935
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Poster by “The Industrial Worker”, 1911
