This is Anna Nesbitt Boggs at the
Ostrich Farm in Los Angeles, very close to the
Alligator Farm from a previous post and owned by the same people. The Ostrich Farm opened in 1906 and operated until 1953. Who was Anna Nesbitt Boggs? Well, I don't know either, but her name was written on the back of the card, and the internet being what it is, I was able to determine that she was the second wife of William Boggs. William was born in 1868 and died in 1957. The handsome man standing behind the carriage is probably William. One way or another he's likely to be a William
This was also the second marriage for Anna, who had previously been married to another William - William Nesbitt. Anna was born in New Kingston, New York in 1868 as Anna Eliza Henderson and died in 1950 in So. Stamford, New York. She and her first husband are buried in the Valley Views Cemetery.
oh maaaannnn i love that ostrich...
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing photo for SS. Very interesting story goes along with it and well written. Thanks for stopping by my neck of the woods. Blessings
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What a wonderful postcard..but I feel sorry for the ostrich. I wonder what it was like trying to control it? LOL Can't you just see it running all over the place while the lady screamed, and desperately tried to stop it...!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a great hobby, collecting all of these lovely memorial cards. Bless you.
I have seen postcards of the ostrich farm but never that one. And Sepia Sat is a new group to me. Always enjoy your post.
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Oh my, at least this woman was in a carriage. I have a photo of a woman riding an ostrich at the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena. A very unfortunate shot for a very unfortunate ostrich. Seriously, you have to see this one.
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I am still chuckling about that photo. Nothing unfortunate about it...tee hee.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm glad to know it wasn't just me.
ReplyDeletePoor little ostrich.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most bizarre, yet delightful, photographs I've seen on Sepia Saturdays. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe World would now be a very different place if John Wayne had rode into town atop one of those ostrichs!
ReplyDeleteThank You for sharing this photo.
Regards From Tony.
Considering an ostrich has a brain the size of a walnut, I'm not sure I'd want to be hitched up to one of those things.
ReplyDeleteThe card is a great find.
Funny that ostrich drawing a cart! How cute! Wonder if by this post you will learn who she was?
ReplyDeleteFabulous!
ReplyDeleteYahoo, I now have a couple of great images in my head to keep me amused for the day, thanks to the comments by Crystal and Tony!
ReplyDeletethat is absolutely priceless! funnily enough, i used to see quite a lot of ostriches when i lived in the Le Marche region of italy ...there are several ostrich farms in that area but the first time i passed one i was so surprised that i nearly ran my car into a ditch!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if her second husband minded her being buried with her first husband. We used to have an ostrich farm in Fallbrook in 1884. Now there are a pair of ostriches guarding the local junior college. They were described as having nasty dispositions so do a good security job. They were left behind by the previous owners of a piece of land bought by the college.
ReplyDeleteI loved your continuation of the story on my blog.
Samuel's biography mentioned that he came back to Hannibal a little later...maybe to see the baby? I sure want to know what really happened. I wrote to a woman who just wrote a new book about Mark Twain and his women. Haven't heard anything yet.
Such a wonderful picture! And I love that you found out all about it.
ReplyDeletewhat a fab. photo! they are such unfeasible-looking birds
ReplyDeletePoor little ostrich, beautiful card in a way.
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Oh wow, what a photo. Neat ride!!!
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I assumed that the funeral plots had already been purchased when our heroine married her second William. Since it was death and not divorce that ended the first marriage, the second William might not have minded the burial arrangement. He may actually have been buried with his first wife.
ReplyDeleteWho could possibly want a fancy sports car to catch people's eye when you could drive by in one of these. Wonderful card, equally wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, and thanks for researching it. Gotta love the internet.
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