Old dog ... 21 years old, 1952

2 images. Old dog ... 21 years old, 26 March 1952. Bum, Staffordshire Terrier, owned by K.D. Miller, at Battersea Kennel, 1703 South San Gabriel Boulevard.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mercurio. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: Old dog. 21: View of 21-year-old dog 'Bum', owned by K.D. Miller, 126 South Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier. Dog is boarded out at the Battersea Kennels, 1703 South San Gabriel Boulevard. 'Bum', according to L.J. Skinner, owner of the kennel, has never been sick. The animal is a Staffordshire Terrier (pit bull).; Supplementary material reads: "J.H.C. Stingle, Esq. For years we've been boarding out cat, when we leave town, at Battersea Kennels, 1703 South San Gabriel Boulevard, with the owner, Larkin J. Skinner. He tells me that 20 years ago when he came here and opened his kennels, a man by the name of K.D. Miller, head of the Miller Electric Company at Whittier, brought a dog by the name of Bum to him for boarding when Bum was 6 months old. Bum had been in and out of the kennels now for 20 1/2 years, being 21 years old today, which is quite an age for a dog ... 7 times 21 making him 147 years old. Larkin says its most unusual for a dog to live that long -- that he has affidavits to prove all, and now that the purp, a Stratfordshire (?) Terrier (pit bull to you) is about to die, he thinks it might make a picture and a story. It's in San Gabriel Valley. Battersea Kennels is for boarding only, not a dog hospital. During the war, Larkin boarded a cat for an Englishman who fought through the war and came back to retrieve his cat 6 or 7 years later. Wealthy pet owners of Pasadena and vicinity mostly use Battersea because they know their animals won't be in contact with sick pets. L.S.".

本数据集包含2张图片，记录了一只时年21岁的老龄犬，该犬出生于1952年3月26日。该犬名为"Bum"，品种为斯塔福郡㹴（Staffordshire Terrier，俗称比特犬），原主人为K.D.米勒，当时寄养于南圣盖博大道1703号的巴特西犬舍（Battersea Kennels）。

图片说明纸条标注信息如下：摄影师：默库里奥（Mercurio）；记者：奥斯特勒（Ostler）；拍摄主题：老龄犬。编号21：展示这只21岁的犬只"Bum"，其原主人K.D.米勒的住址为惠蒂尔市南格林利夫大道126号，该犬寄养于南圣盖博大道1703号的巴特西犬舍。据犬舍主人L.J.斯金纳（L.J. Skinner）介绍，该犬从未患病。

补充材料记载内容如下："尊敬的J.H.C.斯廷格尔先生：多年来，我们夫妇外出时都会将猫咪寄养在南圣盖博大道1703号的巴特西犬舍，犬舍主人为拉金·J.斯金纳（Larkin J. Skinner）。他告知我们，20年前他在此开设犬舍时，来自惠蒂尔市米勒电气公司的负责人K.D.米勒曾将一只名为"Bum"的6月龄幼犬送来寄养。时至今日，"Bum"已在犬舍间寄养累计20.5年，现年21岁——按人类年龄换算相当于147岁。拉金表示，犬只活到这般岁数极为罕见，他持有相关宣誓证词以佐证全部事实。如今这只斯塔福郡㹴（您俗称的比特犬）已临近寿终，他认为可为其拍摄照片并撰写报道。该事件发生在圣盖博谷地区。巴特西犬舍仅提供寄养服务，并非宠物医院。二战期间，拉金曾为一名参战的英国人寄养猫咪，该英国人战后历经6至7年才返回取回爱猫。帕萨迪纳及周边地区的高端宠物饲养者大多选择巴特西犬舍，因为他们确信自家宠物不会接触患病动物。L.S."