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Roger Vargo. "Room Eight, the Most Famous Cat in Los Angeles." at Explore Historic California at http://explorehistoricalif.com/room8.html.

"Room Eight" at Find-A-Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7374255.
Official Website for Leo Limon.
 
Articles

July 29, 1893. "The Cat Painter." Los Angeles Times.

November 12, 1899. "Tootsie Willard--the King of Cats." Los Angeles Times.

April 16, 1905. "A True Story of an Affectionate Cat." Los Angeles Times.

April 16, 1905. "Cats are not Cruel." Los Angeles Times.

April 16, 1905. "Unselfish Cat." Los Angeles Times.

April 16, 1905. "Cat and Chicks." Los Angeles Times.

April 16, 1905. "Affectionate Cat." Los Angeles Times.

April 29, 1909. "Seeks Jewel in a Trance." Los Angeles Times.

May 14, 1915. "Hen Mothers Kittens." Los Angeles Times.

June 6, 1915. "Strange Home of this Odd Family." Los Angeles Times.

July 10, 1917. "All for a Tiny Dying Kitten." Los Angeles Times.

November 9, 1924. "Girl Saves Starving Orphan." Los Angeles Times.

June 15, 1925. "Cat is Detective’s Nemesis." Los Angeles Times.

April 26, 1925. "Grateful Avalanche Survivor Stalks Hero." Los Angeles Times.

April 11, 1926. "Unknown Kitten with Nothing but its Meow Attains Hollywood Stardom." Los Angeles Times.

June 14, 1933. "Duck Nursemaid in Cat Family." Los Angeles Times.

October 16, 1933. "Kittens are rescued from a tree." Los Angeles Times.

March 12, 1935. "Meows Tell Fume Peril." Los Angeles Times.

July 27, 1935. "Champion Los Angeles Mother." Los Angeles Times.

August 14, 1935. "They’re 'Lobbyists' at Birth." Los Angeles Times.

May 3, 1935. "Cat’s Alarm Saves Scores." Los Angeles Times.

March 28, 1936. "Kittens See State First." Los Angeles Times.

November 16, 1937. "Dog Nurses Motherless Kittens." Los Angeles Times.

April 25, 1937. "TOM The CAT." Los Angeles Times.

April 1, 1939. "Mother Cat Moves Her Kittens and Union Station Job Goes On." Los Angeles Times.

July 22, 1940. "Lucky Black Foreign Devil!" Los Angeles Times.

January 24, 1940. Mother of 300 Kittens Rounds Out 24th Year. Los Angeles Times.

April 26, 1940. "Kittens Brags of Seven Toes." Los Angeles Times.

July 11, 1940. "Pampered Pets Cat Motel." Los Angeles Times.

April 10, 1941. "Taint nature--but it's true." Los Angeles Times.

April 18, 1942. "Cat Deposits Four Kitten in Cap." Los Angeles Times.

May 19, 1943. "Cat Has Haven Ready When Quints Arrive." Los Angeles Times.

October 8, 1944. "Confidentially." Los Angeles Times.

July 7, 1944. "Woman Leaves $1,000 to Two Cats Belonging to Neighbors." Los Angeles Times.

December 4, 1945. "Kitten Up Tree Stumps Town." Los Angeles Times.

November 20, 1946. "Cat and Kittens Named MAdison 2, 3, 4 and 5." Los Angeles Times.

March 31, 1947. "Kittens Pawns in Battle of Motherhood." Los Angeles Times.

March 11, 1951. "Despondent Persian Tries Suicide." San Francisco Chronicle.

March 3, 1957. "Cats are like that." Press-Telegram, Long Beach.

June 21, 1957. "Stepping Out." Press-Telegram, Long Beach.

July 3, 1957. "'Good Luck’ Kitten." Press-Telegram, Long Beach.

November 20, 1958. "Stray Cat Growls Like Lion but Loves Children." Los Angeles Times.

December 11, 1959. Barbara Cox. "The Cat Story: How It Turned Out." Los Angeles Times.

May 1, 1963. Jack Goulding. "HEP CAT!" Los Angeles Times.

June 4, 1963. Cecil Smith. "Some Catty Notes on Omitted Billing." Los Angeles Times.

July 30, 1972. Nancy Baltad. "Some teachers complain." Los Angeles Times.

November 12, 1977. David Larsen. "Around the Southland." Los Angeles Times.

May 24, 1985. Steven R. Churm. "A Purr-fect Rescue." Los Angeles Times.

October 11, 1985. "Cats Steal the Show in San Diego." Los Angeles Times.

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