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Ditto and Shorty pose with a typewriter at a photoshoot for the Los Angeles Times, 1936

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Title: Ditto and Shorty pose with a typewriter at a photoshoot for the Los Angeles Times, 1936
Contributor: McCrory, John H. (John Howard), 1901-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: January 18, 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Harvard alum John A. Haeseler was the owner of chimpanzees Shorty, about 3 1/2 years of age, and Ditto, 1 1/2. Similar images are shown in "Monkey Business"...Starring Two Chimpanzees," Los Angeles Times, California, 02 Feb. 1936: G5. The photographs are accompanied by the credit: "Times" Miracle Eye photos by J. H. McCrory.
Text from negative sleeve: 3319 - Shorty & Ditto Monkeys 1-18-36. [Stamped:] JAN 23 1936
Handwritten on negative: Ditto & Shorty. 1-18-36.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12292
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Chimpanzees
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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