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Item
Title
D850-1
Date(s)
- 1937-11-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In November of 1937, Jocko, the six year old Capuchin monkey owned by Dave Bales, left, was brought to Tacoma's police headquarters to be photographed and fingerprinted by Herman G. Wallace, right, Lieutenant in charge of the Bureau of Records. Jocko was not guilty of any simian crimes against humanity. The exercise was done to show that his prints fell into many of the same classifications as those of humans. Smile for the camera, Jocko! (T.Times, 11/1/37, p.2).
Wallace, Herman G.; Bales, David; Monkeys; Fingerprints--Tacoma--1930-1940; Photography--Tacoma--1930-1940;