Mary Louise Cline, Dolly Born and others listen to Dr. Edward G. Roehrig talk about snakes, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Mary Louise Cline, Dolly Born and others listen to Dr. Edward G. Roehrig talk about snakes, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

July 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

At the auditorium of the Los Angeles Junior College president of the Zoological Society of Los Angeles and herpetologist Dr. G. Edward Roehrig discourages the killing of snakes to avoid wasting thousands of dollars getting rid of their natural prey such as rats, squirrels, and gophers.
Photograph appears with the article, "Snakes Given Defense As Friend of Mankind," Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1935: A3.
Dr. Roehrig stands at a picnic table holding the long python's head close to his face. The tail of the snake is resting in a little girl's lap. Several men, women, and other children watch Dr. Roehrig closely.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Dr. G. Edward Roehrig, herpetologist and president of the Zoological Society of Los Angeles, is shown here with one of his pets, Ben, a ten-foot python. Among his interested audience are two small girls, Mary Louise Cline, standing, and Dolly Born, seated.
Text from negative sleeve: 1223 - DR. G. Edward Roehrig study in snakes [stamped:] Jul 22 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Snakes--United States
Zoology--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Audiences--California--Los Angeles
Cages--California--Los Angeles

Names

Born, Dolly
Cline, Mary Louise
Roehrig, G. Edward, (Dr.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image