Petting Petunia

life on Instagram: “An outtake from the July 14, 1952 photo feature: ANIMAL LENDING LIBRARY—California children learn about wildlife by taking home borrowed skunks, rats and porcupines. This unpublished photo features student Dirk Schwartz with a skunk named Petunia or Blossom (the library had two skunks for lending). According to LIFE, the Sacramento lending library had 40 animals which circulated at the rate of 20 a week. (Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #wildLIFEwednesday #1950s”

"ANIMAL LENDING LIBRARY—California children learn about wildlife by taking home borrowed skunks, rats and porcupines."