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Title
Sacred monkey (rhesus) of India in a cage with her baby, 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 a sacred monkey (rhesus) of India in a cage with her baby, ca.1940. The monkey, covered in lightly-colored fun can be seen at center behind the metal fence with her baby nestled beside her. The mother is reaching out her left arm towards the foreground while the baby grasps the fence with one of her tiny hands.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6309
USC-1-1-1-6420 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9751
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6309
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9751.jpg
Subject
Animals--Apes
Animals
Apes
Monkeys
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-74-44 [Microfiche number]
9751 [Accession number]
CHS-9751 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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