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Title |
Room 8 |
Date |
20th Century |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
A grey cat sits upright against a cream-colored background. It is in a brown frame, measuring 24 x 30 in. The frame has a small brass plaque in the lower center edge, which reads: "Room 8". Room 8 (c.1947 – August 13, 1968) was a neighborhood cat who wandered into a classroom in 1952 at Elysian Heights Elementary School and lived in the school during the school year and then disappeared for the summer, returning when classes started again. This pattern continued without interruption until the mid-1960s. Description Modified: 9/15/2021 |
Catalog Number |
PA258 |
School Site # |
3575 |
School Name |
Elysian Heights Elementary School |
Dimension Details |
24-1/2"h x 17-1/2"w (sight) |
Frame size |
24" x 30" |
Frame desc |
brown, wood |
Material |
Oil on canvas |
Artist |
Sanders, Maryn |
Related Publications |
A Cat Called Room 8 by Beverly Mason and Virginia Finley illustrated by Valerie Martin, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York (1966) LOOK Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 24, November 20, 1962, "Room 8: the School Cat", Produced by Stanley Gordon, Photography by Richard Hewett Elysian Courier newspaper, Vol. X, Issue 1, November 1968 The Story of Room 8 by Beverly Mason, August 13, 1968 "A Different Kind of Cat" Orthopedic Hospital Newsletter, March, 1978 "Celibrity Cat--a Rare and Unusual Cat--Room 8" by Beverly Mason, All Cats magazine, January 1976 Los Angeles Times, various dates Weird California by Greg Bishop, Joe Oesterle and Mike Marinacci , Sterling Publishing Co. (2006), ISBN: 10: 1-4027-3384-4 Source: http://explorehistoricalif.com/ehc_legacy/room8.html |