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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fretboard, post: 1684516, member: 19765&quot;]A couple of months ago I bought an Ostrich Token off of ebay and I didn&#039;t really think much about it until I went to a Token Show this weekend in Sacramento.&nbsp; Anyways as I was walking the bourse I approached a seller and I was looking at their medals and what not and they had a token just like mine and I thought that&#039;s really something!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Incidentally they wanted $145 for their token and mine looks way better. :thumb: Well, tonight I was online snooping around and I found that the PPIE had an Ostrich Exhibit and they were letting people ride Ostriches, that&#039;s where the tokens came from. :yes: Just thought I&#039;d share that information in the hopes that someone here collects PPIE stuff.&nbsp; The blurb below is from the site I came across along with the Ostrich Exhibit pic.&nbsp; Oh, and keep in mind if you have something dated 1915 and it&#039;s from California, it may have something to do with the PPIE.&nbsp; Hope this all made sense and if you have anything from the PPIE here&#039;s your chance to post a pic, or information.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sfimages.com/history/PPIE.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sfimages.com/history/PPIE.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfimages.com/history/PPIE.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cawston Ostrich Farm Exhibit, P.P.I.E. 1915&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Live ostriches were ridden at this exhibit on the &quot;Zone&quot;, which&nbsp; included a farm in the rear. The Zone was the 3,000&#039; long main avenue&nbsp; of the amusement district of the Exposition, which covered 65 acres and&nbsp; contained the most elaborate amusement features ever conceived. Cost of&nbsp; construction was $12,000,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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