Image / Four-foot black diamond rattlesnake, killed by a Persian housecat in Hollywood

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Title: Four-foot black diamond rattlesnake, killed by a Persian housecat in Hollywood
Date Created and/or Issued: March 15, 1934
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The four-foot-long black diamond rattlesnake pictured was killed by "Pop-eye", the two-year-old Persian housecat pet of one young Miss Betty Jean Welch. The snake invaded Pop-eye's backyard, wherein Pop-eye defended his territory and bravely defeated the reptilian invader.
Text from the original nitrate sleeve: "Pop-Eye" and Snake; Welch, Betty Jean
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_09090-03
9090
ark:/21198/zz00254481
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Snakes--California
Environment
Events
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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