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Chinchilla Lover, 1972
Photo Credit: San Diego Historical Society
Virginia Casey with chinchilla pelts at Graf’s Firs, Fashion Valley, 1972. In 1940, the daily paper interviewed a local retired druggist who was raising chinchillas. By 1951, 200 San Diegans reportedly had chinchilla farms. A year later, breeders held their first annual chinchilla show in Balboa Park, including a queen with ten attendants. By 1975, a Fawnetta Pike was credited with establishing one of the largest ranches in the U.S., “providing furs for big name fashion designers here and abroad.”
To order this photo please contact the San Diego Historical Society at [email protected].Here's something you might be interested in.
Chinchilla Lover, 1972
Chinchilla Lover, 1972
Photo Credit: San Diego Historical Society
Virginia Casey with chinchilla pelts at Graf’s Firs, Fashion Valley, 1972. In 1940, the daily paper interviewed a local retired druggist who was raising chinchillas. By 1951, 200 San Diegans reportedly had chinchilla farms. A year later, breeders held their first annual chinchilla show in Balboa Park, including a queen with ten attendants. By 1975, a Fawnetta Pike was credited with establishing one of the largest ranches in the U.S., “providing furs for big name fashion designers here and abroad.”
To order this photo please contact the San Diego Historical Society at [email protected]. Comments