Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article "Simian Mary also Contrary, Monkey Insists on Friends in Court." Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 1932: A1 This is a picture of Municipal Judge Hollopeter (possibly C. E. Hollopeter) posing with a Capuchian Monkey, Mary, and two other Colombian monkeys that accompanied Mary to a trial. Mary had been sold by a pet shop and later escaped and returned to the pet shop. The judge decided that Mary could remain at the pet shop; the former owners were compensated. Text on negative sleeve: Hollopeter, ? Judge Text from newspaper caption: Judge Hollopeter and Witnesses Handwritten on negative: [to bottom left of photograph] Judge Hollopeter
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9543 ark:/21198/zz002dhmxf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judges--California--Los Angeles Monkeys--California Hollopeter, C. E
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