THE LOS ANGELES HERALD — MAY 22, 1908
C. C. Lord & Co., curio dealers, to-day placed on exhibition a mermaid six feet long. It was imported from Japan. It is the largest mermaid ever seen in California and is regarded with awe and amazement by eastern visitors. Mr. Lord can discourse at considerable length concerning the habits and characteristics of the strange species. The head of his new possession is of good size, the skull much resembling that of a large monkey.
Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]), 22 May 1908. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
