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Cleo next to the window

Name: Cleo

Age: 6-ish

Coloration / Breed:

Black, domestic short hair

Place of Origin:

in Middlebury

Adopted by:

Rebekah Irwin, Curator and Director, Special Collections

Cleo laying on a chair

Fun facts:

Cleo is named simultaneously for Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE but also one of three high-spirited teenage mermaids from the early 2000s Australian fantasy TV drama,  (Cleo shares her home with two teenage girls, so there’s that.)

Cleopatra black and white

If she had a library card…

Cleo would check out Cecil B. DeMille’s 1934 film epic , to see one of her namesakes on screen in classic film black, white, and grey (her preferred color palette, after all).

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