Name/Title
Ludwig and Leydecker at Ludwig's West Pigeon Lofts, Ca, 1915Entry/Object ID
1976.7.2Description
ACC. NO. 76.7.2
SUBJ. CATEGORY: PIGEONS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915?
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: PHOTOGRAPH, MOUNTED ON HEAVY GREY PHOTO MAT. THE MAT IS SIGNED DEJOINER, ALAMEDA, CAL. (AN ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER). SUBJECT: TWO MEN STANDING BEFORE LARGE BIRD PEN.
SIZE: 8” X 6”
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTO, GEORGE LEYDECKER (LEFT), AND JOHN D. LUDWIG.
THIS PIGEON FARM WAS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WOOD STREET AND LINCOLN AVENUE, ABOUT 1904. LUDWIGS OLD HOME WHICH HE BUILT FROM MATERIALS SALVAGED FROM THE OLD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY THE PRESENT BUILDING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHESTNUT & CENTRAL AVENUE.
ACQUIRED FROM: A. H. BONSTIN
DATE: FEB 28, 1976
