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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: February 7, 1936
1936-02-07
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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.
Shorty leans forward in his chair as if to begin typing while Ditto watches.
Photograph appears in "Monkey Business"...Starring Two Chimpanzees," Los Angeles Times, California, 02 Feb. 1936: G5.
Text from negative sleeve: 3565 - Shorty + Ditto Chimpanzees [stamped:] Feb 7 1936
Text from newspaper caption: "NOBODY'S LOOKING, so let's start a column of our own," says Shorty, about 3 1/2 years of age, to Ditto, 1 1/2. Both are owned by John A. Haeseler, a Harvard man who has made many scientific films of apes. Now follow the figures in this chimpanzee adventure. ("Times" Miracle Eye photos by J. H. McCrory.)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12647
ark:/21198/zz002hmpsx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Humorous pictures
Typewriters
Chimpanzees
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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