IVY REED and ALICE BROWN

After I had founded the American Tarantula Society in 1978 and it was in full swing, we produced a new brochure and were fortunate enough to have former Miss Washington Universe, Ivy Reed, pose for its cover, with my pet tarantula, Alice Brown. Ivy was cordial and professional for the pictures, and we didn't know until later how the experience affected her, when she wrote and contributed a poem for our newsletter, the Tarantula Times:

 

 

 

                                                                                                      Photo by Tim Madison, since colorized

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