Dr. Ralph Willard, in the back, watching Dr. C. C. Warn search for signs of life in a frozen monkey, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Ralph Willard, in the back, watching Dr. C. C. Warn search for signs of life in a frozen monkey, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 21, 1935

Date

1935-08-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, “LIFE RETURN WORK ENDED BY CHEMIST: Experiment Held Against Law Dr. Ralph S. Willard Will Freeze No More Monkeys Without Authority Examines Frozen Monkey LIFE-RETURN ACT STOPPED,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 1935: 1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1886—Dr. Ralph Willard-Dr. C. C. Warn-Monkey Case. [Stamped:] Sep 4 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: Dr. C. C. Warn, general manager of the Los Angeles Humane Department, examining a frozen monkey, preparatory to an experiment by Dr. Ralph Willard in revivification. . Dr. Willard is observing the physician’s examination.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Ralph Willard, Dr. C. C. Warn.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Warn, C. C. (Charles Corwin), 1883-1963
Willard, Ralph S., 1903-1971

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Laboratories--California--Los Angeles
Monkeys--California
Animal experimentation--California--Los Angeles
Chemists--American--California--Los Angeles