Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dr. Roehrig stands at a picnic table holding the long python's head close to his face. The tail of the snake is resting in a little girl's lap. Several men, women, and other children watch Dr. Roehrig closely. Photograph appears with the article, "Snakes Given Defense As Friend of Mankind," Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1935: A3. At the auditorium of the Los Angeles Junior College president of the Zoological Society of Los Angeles and herpetologist Dr. G. Edward Roehrig discourages the killing of snakes to avoid wasting thousands of dollars getting rid of their natural prey such as rats, squirrels, and gophers. Text from newspaper caption: Dr. G. Edward Roehrig, herpetologist and president of the Zoological Society of Los Angeles, is shown here with one of his pets, Ben, a ten-foot python. Among his interested audience are two small girls, Mary Louise Cline, standing, and Dolly Born, seated. Text from negative sleeve: 1223 - DR. G. Edward Roehrig study in snakes [stamped:] Jul 22 1935
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7565 ark:/21198/zz002df8qm
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Subject
Audiences--California--Los Angeles Zoology--California--Los Angeles Cages--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Snakes--United States Cline, Mary Louise Born, Dolly Roehrig, G. Edward, (Dr.)
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