Ostriches Collection

Oiseaux - birds
Variety of birds, including ostriches, pelicans, kiwi, heron and toucan. Date: 1930

Ostrich Hunt with Bolas
Three men pursue an ostrich across the pampas of South America, hoping to catch it with a bolas - a kind of weighted lasso

Victorian scrap, black man riding an ostrich. 19th century

Ostriches at London Zoo by Charles Howard

An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at Hippodrome
The famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley

The Sale of the Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie 1884

OSTRICH
STRUTHIO CAMELUS A male ostrich. Date: 1862

Black girl with tamed ostrich, Holy Land. Date: 1920s

Ostrich - eggs at nest (Struthio camelus)

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Ostrich. Date: 1933

Ostrich Egg - Held by Msai (Struthio camelus). Kenya

Ostrich - close up of head & neck (Struthio carnelus)

Advertisement for the Nice Ostrich Farm, the most curious sight on the Riviera with 100 ostriches whose feathers provided for an assortment of feathers, fans and boas available to buy there

Masbadges - 1. The Royal Fusilierstrich
Regimental mascots and badges in one. 1. The Royal Fusilierstrich. Date: 1918

Hagenbeck Circus and Zoo in London
The sights and sounds of the Christmas season at Olympia, London: Carl Hagenbecks Circus and Zoo from Hamburg. Showing the annexe with sea elephants (sea lions), penguins, polar bears

Ostriches at Pasadena, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Arab sportsmen in the desert, shooting at ostriches from their vehicle. Date: 1928

A pair of Ostrich - Kenya, East Africa Date: 1940s

Ostrich Farm in the Sudan Date: circa 1910s

Ostrich by Mallett
Humorous cartoon by Mallett showing an ostrich with its head typically in the sand, but who is cheating slightly with the use of a periscope. Date: 1951

Hunting Ostrich
OSTRICH HUNTING African bushmen hunt ostriches by disguising themselves as their prey, which enables them to approach without revealing their identity Date: 1899

Baby Ostrich Aldin 1907
A baby ostrich wearing a babys bonnet

Ostrich Farm at Matarieh
An Ostrich Farm at Matarieh, Egypt. Ostrich feathers were extremely prized for the European Fashion trade at this time

Ostrich Farm Mafagascar
Plucking feathers from an ostrich in Madagascar. Some fashionable ladies pin whole birds on their hats, but that isn t easy with ostriches, so a few feathers must suffice

Racial /s Africa / Bushmen
Two Bushmen hunting antelopes and ostriches

Attacked by Ostriches
General Brump and his family are motoring in California when, to their surprise, their car is attacked by ostriches

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