Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph may be related to the article, “Engages in New Death Fight: BATTLING BLACK WIDOW GAINS ON TARANTULA FOE,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Jul. 1935: A12. This photograph may be related to the article, “SPIDERS IN DEATH FIGHT: Black Widow Kills Its Foe With Stinging Body Attack WIDOW SLAYS GIANT SPIDER,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul. 1935: A1. The newspaper in the background is in English. Text from negative sleeve: 1401—Spider Fight-Black Widow, Tarantula, 7/25/35. Handwritten on negative: Spider Fight-Black Widow Tarantula.
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