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Title
U. C. L. A. Ornithological Club
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated October 11, 1934 reads, "The two gopher snakes shown above in the hands of Dr. Raymond B. Cowles, assistant professor of biology at U. C. L. A., have aroused the interest of scientists. The tiny one is one of the few born in captivity and was hatched in the university laboratories. The larger snake, found in Swartout canyon, produced 19 eggs, two of which are held by May Hobart, left. Dr. Cowle's [sic] is conducting experiments to determine correct conditions for hatching the snake eggs."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00096242
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 180.
CARL0005067768
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33557
Subject
University of California, Los Angeles
Ornithology--Societies, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Captive snakes--Breeding--California--Los Angeles
Universities and colleges--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Educators--California--Los Angeles
Snakes--California--Los Angeles
Universities and colleges--Faculty
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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