Monkey stealing food from a lunch basket, Canoga Park, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Monkey stealing food from a lunch basket, Canoga Park, 1936

Date Created

March-April 1936

Date

1936-03-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

In Lakeside Park there is a need for policemen who can climb trees, swing from limb to limb in order to put a stop to the horde of monkeys that have been stealing various affects from residents.
Photograph appears with the article, "Thieving Monkey Horde Chased in Vain by Cops," Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar 1936: 10.
The monkey crouches on top of a table, using one paw to reach into an open lunchbox.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4742 - Here's one of the monkey thieves now terrorizing Lakeside Park caught in the act of looting a lunch basket. The monkeys steal anything they can get their hands on. Times photo [stamped:] Apr 12 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Here's one of the monkey thieves now terrorizing Lakeside Park caught in the act of looting a lunch basket. The monkeys steal anything they can get their hands on. Times photo

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Robberies--California--Canoga Park
Monkeys--California