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Photograph caption dated November 15, 1963 reads, "Mrs. Donald Yates, 14460 Eldrich St., Sylmar, hold her 2-day-old Chihuahua puppy which weighs less than one ounce. Useless, the puppy's mother which weighs about three pounds, has given birth to 35 puppies at a rate of six puppies per litter. Mrs. Yates said that this is the smallest puppy that she has ever seen, noting that she feeds it with a doll's miniature nursing bottle."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Dogs--California--Los Angeles Dog owners--California--Los Angeles Pets--California--Los Angeles Puppies--California--Los Angeles Chihuahua (Dog breed)--California--Los Angeles Spoons--California--Los Angeles Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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