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Title
Chimpanzee family, "Mike, Mary, Bill and Lucy", sitting on a bench, 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 the Chimpanzee family, "Mike, Mary, Bill and Lucy", sitting on a bench, ca.1940. The four chimpanzees sit in a row on the highest step of a wooden staircase leading to double doors behind them. The second chimpanzee from the left sits behind a small Boston Bulldog which is wearing a harness and leash. The chimpanzee has its right hand laid across the dog's chest. The leg and foot of a person can be seen on the far left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6311
USC-1-1-1-6422 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9770
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6311
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9770.jpg
Subject
Animals--Apes
Animals
Monkeys
Dogs
Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-74-62 [Microfiche number]
9770 [Accession number]
CHS-9770 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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