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Title
Chimpanzee "Mary" sitting on a bench with a pipe, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Chimpanzee "Mary" sitting on a bench with a pipe, ca.1940. Mary sits covered in dark fur on the stone bench at center. A dark pipe hangs from her seemingly smiling mouth while her long legs dangle from the bench. Grass can be seen under the bench on the right while the left is mostly dirt.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 20 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6285
USC-1-1-1-6394 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9768
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6285
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9768.jpg
Subject
Animals--Apes
Animals
Apes
Chimpanzees
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-74-60 [Microfiche number]
9768 [Accession number]
CHS-9768 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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