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Title: "Pop-eye," a brave Persian housecat, and his owner Betty Jean Welch
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.
Pictured is "Pop-eye," the two-year-old Persian housecat in the arms of his owner, Miss Betty Jean Welch. Pop-eye became famous for killing a four-foot-long black diamond rattlesnake. The snake invaded Pop-eye's backyard, wherein Pop-eye defended his territory and bravely defeated the reptilian invader.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: "Pop-eye" and Snake; Welch, Betty Jean.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_09090-05
9090
ark:/21198/zz002544b2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Cats--California
People
Portrait photographs
Welch, Betty Jean
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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