Ditto holding a newspaper during a photo-shoot for the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Title: Ditto holding a newspaper during a photo-shoot for the Los Angeles Times, 1936
Photographer: McCrory, John H. (John Howard), 1901-1946
Date Created: January 18, 1936
Date: 1936-01-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of chimpanzee Ditto, seated on a table holding a newspaper with the headlines "Ocean Liner Sinks in Collision," and "Doping scandal at..." A man's hand is visible on the left.
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.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Shorty 1-18-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3319 - Shorty & Ditto Monkey 1-18-36. [Stamped: Jan 23 1936.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12291
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h89s4
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