# The "surgeon's photograph" (1934)

> The image that fixed the long-necked monster in the public mind. The article does not rest on it; it is recorded because it is the most reproduced piece…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/artifacts/ART0CRFXNA836MH/the-surgeons-photograph-1934  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0CRFXNA836MH·Artifact · object

# The "surgeon's photograph" (1934)

PhotographPublic domainPublished 21 April 1934, credited to Dr Robert Kenneth Wilson

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The "surgeon's photograph" (1934): picture

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The image that fixed the long-necked monster in the public mind. The article does not rest on it; it is recorded because it is the most reproduced piece of photographic "evidence".

M. A. Wetherell, 1934. Public domain

## Copies 2

**Picture** M. A. Wetherell · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (author died 1939; published simultaneously in the US)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loch_Ness_Monster_Surgeon%27s_photograph.jpg)

**Photo** Wide World Photos (radiograph print in a US newspaper) · commons.wikimedia.org · 1934-04-21 · Public domain (author died 1939; published simultaneously in the US)Primary source: [File:Loch Ness Monster Surgeon's photograph.jpg](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRFX4Q01ES0/file-loch-ness-monster-surgeons-photograph-jpg)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loch_Ness_Monster_Surgeon%27s_photograph.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/826783619ac712406a1763f147134c9f667901aa3bf126cf05841638f6ce216a)

## Where it was made

[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRFX4Q036AB/loch-ness) · Freshwater loch

## Sources 1

- [File:Loch Ness Monster Surgeon's photograph.jpg](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRFX4Q01ES0/file-loch-ness-monster-surgeons-photograph-jpg)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The "surgeon's photograph" (1934) [Artifact ART0CRFXNA836MH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CRFXNA836MH
```

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**ART** 0CRFXNA836MH

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Dated

published 21 April 1934, credited to Dr Robert Kenneth Wilson

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Public domain (author died 1939; published simultaneously in the US)

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[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRFX4Q036AB/loch-ness)

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[Loch Ness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness)

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