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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 29, 1963 reads, "Her name is Bessie. She's an adult white rat with red eyes. She and people get along just fine, thank you. She tickles her whiskers on Roger Marquis' nose and scampers around the Pacoima Memorial Lutheran Hospital's laboratory, where Marquis is chief laboratory technician, whenever anyone lets her out of her cage to see what's new experimentally. But it wasn't always this way. About a year ago, Bessie was in the experiments herself. The she developed a run-down condition. Her white coat became shaggy and dark. Her pink eyes lost their sparkle. So Marquis put her on a high-energy vitamin diet. It wasn't long before the red eyes - not much of a happy sign in humans, but terribly healthy for a white rat - returned and her white coat turned silky. Marquis decreed a life of retirement for Bessie and now she's the number one favorite of the laboratory staff. P. S. - She knows it, too."; See image #00119100 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Laboratory animal technicians--California--Los Angeles Animal models in research--California--Los Angeles Rats as laboratory animals--California--Los Angeles Laboratory animals--California--Los Angeles Laboratories--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Rats--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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