Four-foot black diamond rattlesnake, killed by a Persian housecat in Hollywood.

Item Overview

Title
Four-foot black diamond rattlesnake, killed by a Persian housecat in Hollywood.
Date Created
March 15, 1934
Date
1934-03-15
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
The four-foot-long black diamond rattlesnake pictured was killed by "Pop-eye", the two-year-old Persian housecat pet of one young Miss Betty Jean Welch. The snake invaded Pop-eye's backyard, wherein Pop-eye defended his territory and bravely defeated the reptilian invader.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: "Pop-Eye" and Snake; Welch, Betty Jean

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Environment
Snakes--California

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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