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[Photograph 2012.201.B0956.0039]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This may look like a pack of dark-brown rats. But they happen to be the most valuable fur bearing rodents available. (Nutrias)"
Date: July 18, 1957
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0956.0040]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When fully grown the coypus, or as it's locally known, a nutria, is about the size of a beaver. Local owners of nutrias, like Leonard Stoecher of Nicoma Park, insist that the herds of rodents give manifold rewards in return for a home and kind treatment. Nutria fur is expected to replace mink as a fringe benefit for poor working girls, for example. Princess Grace Kelly Rainier is alleged as the owner of the first nutria jac… more
Date: July 18, 1957
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Circus

Description: Photograph of Circus with the caption, "One of the finest trained dogs she(Mabel) ever owned. He closed the Wild West Performances.
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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