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Photograph caption dated April 22, 1954 reads, "Iron lung litter - Decky snugs down in iron lung with three-hour-old kittens. Cat turned down special 'maternity box' fixed by Morrow family in Van Nuys to become probably first feline in world to use polio respirator."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Cats--California--Los Angeles Kittens--California--Los Angeles Iron lung--California--Los Angeles Pets--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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