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Title: Little black cats treasure of hobbyist
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
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: 1949
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 November 4, 1949 reads, "Miniature Viennese polecat orchestra is practicing here for its public debut from the den of the Burbank home of Mrs. John C. Oldham who collects the Mustela putorius (skunks) as a hobby. Wood carvings are replicas of Mr. and Mrs. Oldham."; See image #00133559 for additional photo in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00133558
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d039_f34_i10
CARL0005578022
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63756
Subject: Skunks--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Art
Collectors and collecting--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Collectibles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Figurines--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Hobbies
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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