Black cat's mistress, born on Friday 13th, scoffs at fears
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated January 13, 1950 partially reads, "'Panther' is worried. People are treating him like a black cat today - Friday the thirteenth. A glance in the mirror - and at the calendar - might tell why. Despite his name, he is a cat, and a blue-black (washable) one at that. And yesterday WAS Thursday, the twelfth. That's why few people want to risk a chance encounter with Panther today. (Especially at right angles, with Panther in the lead.) But there's one person who doesn't care. She is his owner, Mrs. Mabel Mitchell, who scoffs at superstition. She has what amounts to a scoffing permit. She was born on Friday the Thirteenth."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Friday the thirteenth--California--Los Angeles Superstition--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Black cats--California--Los Angeles Pets--California--Los Angeles Birthdays--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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