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

PhotographPublic domainPublished 21 April 1934, credited to Dr Robert Kenneth WilsonCopy of The "surgeon's photograph" (1934)
The "surgeon's photograph" (1934): picture
The "surgeon's photograph" (1934): picture

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 1

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

Where it was made

EdinburghAberdeenDundee1Loch Ness200 kmGlasgowAberdeen1200 km
Loch Ness · Freshwater loch

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The "surgeon's photograph" (1934): picture [Copy CPY0CRFXN2E0Y33]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CRFXN2E0Y33
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