Not an ostrich - but the oddly plumed "Floradora Goose" displayed at the poultry show. A rare goose, decorated with fluffy un-gooselike feathers, being held by Miss Isla Bevan at the 41st annual Poultry Show at Madison Square Garden. It is called the Floradora Goose, and is a prizewinner

Not an ostrich - but the oddly plumed "Floradora Goose" displayed at the poultry show. A rare goose, decorated with fluffy un-gooselike feathers, being held by Miss Isla Bevan at the 41st annual Poultry Show at Madison Square Garden. It is called the Floradora Goose, and is a prizewinner still image graphic still image Photographic prints-1930. xxu 1930 monographic [1930] eng 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format) Photograph shows British actress Isla Bevan holding an exotic, Sebastopol goose. The breed is "readily identified by its feathers. Long, soft-quilled, curling feathers drape elegantly from its wings, body and tail." (Source: National Sebastopol Geese Association, 2022) No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Underwood & Underwood," Title from item. Probably by Underwood & Underwood. Number 611B5 (possibly 61135). Gift; Underwood & Underwood, Washington, D.C.; 1931 (DLC/PP-1931:47804). Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Business/Science section. Bevan, Isla. Actresses British New York (State) New York 1930 Geese 1930 SSF - Birds--Ducks and Geese [item] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40935 2016646294 LC-DIG-ppmsca-40935 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.40935 aacr dcrmg DLC 160309 20250607070725.2 19009253 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng