1936 Press Photo Rattlesnake Fangs examined, Los Angeles, California

Fangs examined in death. CASE--here are the fangs of one of the rattlesnakes kept by Joe Houtenbrink.. Officers said Charles H. Hope, Cafe Man, Confessed he bought rattlesnakes from Houtenbrink for Robert James, Barber, who let one of the retiles bite his wife, Mary, and then drowned her in a bathtub. Los Angeles, CA

Photo is dated 1936.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10.5 inches.