Cat and bird maintain an unusual friendship, Folsom State Prison, 1936

Title: Cat and bird maintain an unusual friendship, Folsom State Prison, 1936
Date Created: March 5, 1936
Date: 1936-03-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Similar photographs appear with the article, "Cat and Bird in Prison Form Odd Attachment," Los Angeles Times, 05 Mar. 1936: A1.
Relaxing cat and bird stare at each other as bird perches atop the cat's limb.
Two convicted murderers of Folsom State Prison rescued a baby linnet and a newborn kitten from hunger and malnutrition and nursed them back to health. The cat and bird live in the prison's print shop in complete harmony.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: From: Warden Court Smith
Text from negative sleeve: 3877 - Cat and bird 3/5/36 [stamped:] Mar 6 1936

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12911
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn0w8
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