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Peacock Symbol Brings Luck To Artist Elizabeth Parker
In a fashioning of art and enterprise the peacock becomes a business symbol for Elizabeth Parker who raises peacocks for profit. She notes prices from twenty to two hundred dollars and cites demand on luxury estates where the bird complements decor and landscape. The birds roost in trees through winter and survive storms. Parker first bought a pair for twenty dollars.
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Sybil Arden
Elizabeth Parker