Woman and her pet cat ousted from apartment by fire at 644 West 1st Street, 1955

Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1955-06-29. Reporter: West. Assignment: Woman and her pet cat ousted from apartment by fire in middle of the night. 8: Mrs. Kathleen Lawrence rushed out of her apartment in the middle of the night to save her pet cat from fire that threatened the building in which they live. 'Mickey,' a 12-year-old Persian, didn't like the night air so he started meowing, but the firemen went right on fighting the blaze in George's Market at 644 West First St".

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