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Title
Bennie the deer, view 1
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Bennie (or Benny) the deer was said to have been the former pet of revolutionary Pancho Villa, and was given to Betty Bradley while she was visiting in Mexico with her parents. In 1929, Bennie escaped and was found wandering in Downtown Los Angeles and apprehended by police. He was "paroled" and returned to Miss Bradley with a stern warning that another escaped would land Bennie in a zoo.
Betty Bradley sits in the front seat of a car with her pet deer "Bennie" and a cat in the back, possibly in Beverly Hills.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00065233
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
N-000-243 4x5
CARL0000068988
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/109121
Subject
Bradley, Betty
Animals--California--Beverly Hills
Deer--California--Beverly Hills
Cats--California--Beverly Hills
Automobiles--California--Beverly Hills
Girls--California--Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Calif.)

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