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Title: Kitten hits beat as police rookie
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: 1956
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 caption dated September 12, 1956 reads, "Takes 'Tough Tom's' post - Rookie kitten takes tour behind bars of City Hall Jail in Van Nuys today where he will rule as official Valley division police mascot. Coal black cat, yet unnamed, might be dubbed 'Night Watch.' 'Tough Tom' died in 1950 after long service with police force."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00127624
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d033_f8_i28
CARL0005448150
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59284
Subject: Kittens--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Mascots--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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