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Title
One mother plus six pups equals four pounds
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated October 5, 1961 reads, "A San Fernando Chihuahua named Useless disproved her name Tuesday. Between 9 and 10 a.m. she gave birth to six pups - each weighing two and two-third ounces. Total weight of the litter: about one pound. Mother, who weighed five and a half pounds two days before delivery, is now back to her normal three and a quarter pounds. Mrs. Eula Stillwell, 925 Newton St., owner of the brood, thought she ought to change her dog's name. It is unusual, she said, for a Chihuahua to give birth to so many pups. The dog's new name? A simple Daisy."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116599
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d018_f22_i25
CARL0005334991
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50241
Subject
Chihuahua (Dog breed)--California--San Fernando
Puppies--California--San Fernando
Dogs--California--San Fernando
Toy dogs--California--San Fernando
San Fernando (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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