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Scabby Sightings

From Chicago to the Philippines.


Images contributed by the public to answer a WBEZ Curious City
question about the origin of Scabby the Rat.
Full story here.


Chicago, IL / Heather Schroering
Ballarat, Australia / Hannah Jenkins
New York, NY / Eric Dirnbach
Manila, Philippines / AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
Washington, D.C. / Nick Wass/AP Images for American Task Force Argentina
Elmhurst, IL / @clark_maxwell
New York, NY / @Benizonzeweb
Chicago, IL / Mark Collao
St. Paul, MN / AP Photo/Janet Hostetter
New York, NY / @Benizonzeweb
Melbourne, Australia / @vicunions
New York, NY / Paul Delmiche
Lansing, MI / AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
Boston, MA / Jim Pimetel
Fall River, MA / Jim Pimetel
Brisbane, Australia / Electrical Trade Union of Australia
Philadelphia, PA / Eric Rosso
Oak Forest, IL / Jeff Lynch
Chicago, IL / Kathy Bejma
Washington, D.C. / Nick Wass/AP Images for American Task Force Argentina
Chicago, IL / Lynne Marek
Framingham, MA / Jim Pimetel
Philadelphia, PA / Allison Hand
Chicago, IL / Leiha Edmonds
Lansing, MI / Peter Klein
Chicago, IL / Max Green
Wakefield, MA / Jim Pimetel
Brisbane, Australia / Electrical Trade Union of Australia
Chicago, IL / Matt Brandstein
Boston, MA / Jim Pimetel
Chicago, IL / David Lee Matthews
Boston, MA / Jim Pimetel
Boston, MA / Jim Pimetel
Newport, RI / Jim Pimetel