Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This image appears with the article, “Dog Pays for Rights as Pastor: Ordained Duck Ousted by Church Archbishop,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: A1 This certificate appears with the title, “This Made Googoo Full-Fledged Minister,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: A10 Photocopy of a Certificate of Ordination issued by the Spiritual Psychic Science Church, Inc. to Joe Penner's duck, Drake Googoo, on January 20, 1936. Signed by Secretary & Treasurer Charles E. Kelso. Text from negative sleeve: 4752—Certificates + Diploma from Chas E. Kelso (archbishop of spiritual phsych [sic] service church) (Joe Penner’s Duck – Drake Goo Goo) 4/10/36 [stamped:] APR 14 1936 Text from newspaper caption: This is a photostatic copy of the certificatewhich [sic] ordained Googoo, Joe Penner's duck, as a full-fledged minister of the gospel in the Spiritual Psychic Science Church. Googoo is the only holder of a certificate with two gold seals attached. He was stripped of his ecclesiastical plumage yesterday. Times photo [Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 1936: A10]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13951 ark:/21198/zz002j7fmf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ducks--California Clergy--California--Los Angeles Penner, Joe, 1904-1941 Kelso, Charles E Spiritual Psychic Science Church
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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