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Description
Order Number
00062244
Title
Adohr
statue
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Advertising
,
Outdoor
;
N-001-375.1
5x7
Date
Circa
1948
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
Historical Data
The
Spanish
land
grant
that
made
up
Rancho
Malibu
was
split
into
three
parcels
in
1905
after
the
death
of
Frederick
Hastings
Rindge
. In
1916
Rindge's
daughter
Rhoda
and her
husband
Merritt
Adamson
Sr
.
established
a
dairy
farm
named
Adohr
(Rhoda
spelled
backward)
located
at
18000
Ventura
Blvd
. in
Tarzana
. The
farm
was
famous
for
breeding
Guernsey
cattle
.
Land
was
slowly
sold
during
the
depression
and in
1948
the
remaining
500
acres
were
sold
to
developers
when
the
dairy
farm
moved
to
Camarillo
. The
Camarillo
farm
was
sold
for the
Westview
Park
subdivision
in
1969
. The
statue
of a
milk
maid
,
child
, and
Guernsey
cow
was
designed
by
artist
Finn
Frolich
.
Reports
have
claimed
anywhere
from
ten
to
thirty
of these
statues
were
produced
to
advertise
the
Adohr
brand
.
However
,
existing
documentation
suggests
there were
three
,
located
at
Adohr
processing
plants
in
Tarzana
, on
La
Cienega
, and in
Tulare
. In
1998
, the
Tulare
statue
was
restored
.
Description
A
life
size
statue
of a
little
girl
stopping
a
milkmaid
who
is
posed
by her
grazing
cow
,
serves
as the
sign
to the
Adohr
Milk
Farm
.
Around
the
pedestal
is
written
"The
largest
Guernsey
herd
in the
world
" and "
Guernsey
certified
milk.
" The
logo
includes
a
bass
relief
milk
bottle
poking
through
the
oversize
"
O
" of
Adohr
.
Subject
Adohr Stock Farms.
Guernsey cattle--Statues.
Dairy farms--California--Tarzana (Los Angeles).
Mascots--California--Los Angeles.
Logos (Symbols)--California--Los Angeles.
Statues--California--Los Angeles.
Tarzana (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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