Mrs. Rheta Lorraine Gum and dog Nip rid storeroom of black widows, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Mrs. Rheta Lorraine Gum and dog Nip rid storeroom of black widows, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: August 6, 1935
Date: 1935-08-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mrs. Rheta Lorraine Gum stands in her storeroom/garage where she had received a bite from a black widow spider. Her bitten arm is held in a sling, as she holds a creosote spray up towards where the spiders were living. Her dog Nip lays on the shelf looking for any remaining spiders.
Related to the article, "Black Widow Spider Bites Officer's Wife," Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 1935: A2.
This photograph appears in the article, "'Black Widows' Fort Besieged." Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 1935: A2.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1479- Aug. 8, 1935. Mrs. Rheta Lorraine Gum & her dog "nip," showing place in garage where the Black Widow-spider was that bit her on her arm.
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Rheta L. Gum, former registered nurse, who was bitten by black widow spider, is shown with her dog Nip. Her husband killed twenty of the spiders in this storeroom, but Nip couldn't find a single spider alive yesterday. A creosote spray proved their doom.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Rheta Lorraine Gum & dog "nip" 8/6/35.

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