Moving Adohr Cow to Ventura County Historical Museum

Image

Moving Adohr Cow to Ventura County Historical Museum

Title

Moving Adohr Cow to Ventura County Historical Museum

Identifier

13786

Source

David Hill, 1987

Description

View of the Adohr Farms cow statue being moved with a crane. It is being held aloft to be placed in an outdoor area on the museum property. Statue is white and is of a cow grazing with a milkmaid and child standing next to it.

Museum records indicate the statue was given to the Ventura County Historical Museum (now in 2022 called the Museum of Ventura County) in 1987 (Accession #1987-49) by Rhoda May Adamson & Sylvia Sheridan. It has been deaccessioned and is no longer part of the museum collection. The statue is attributed to sculptor Finn H. Froelich sometime in the 1920s.

Creator

Hill, David

Date

1987

Format

18 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph

Subject

Adohr Farms
Statues
Cows

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Tags

Citation

Hill, David, “Moving Adohr Cow to Ventura County Historical Museum,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed March 29, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/5419.