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Title	Cat woman of Gary, Indiana
Alternative Title	Animal lovers; Cat lovers; Dog lovers; Pigeon lovers; Cat lady; Pigeon lady;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentrics -- Animal Lovers
Description	K. Bennett's transcribed interview of Jeannie Salsbury's account or the Cat woman of Gary, Indiana. According to Salsbury, there were sisters who lived in Gary, Indiana, and who were very spooky. They frightened area children and had almost one hundred cats.
Informant	Salsbury, Jeannie
Collector	Bennett, K.
Date of Original	1972-01-02
Contextual Information	Each account of an animal lover is different, but most of the stories share some characteristics. A recurring characteristic of each animal lover is that they are an older person.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Lake County -- Gary -- 1972
Subject	Cats Dogs Pets Pigeons Animals
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-05-18
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-AnimalLovers007

Cat woman of Gary, Indiana

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