{"id":4158994,"date":"2016-04-25T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/time.com\/?p=4158994"},"modified":"2022-01-19T18:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T18:05:13","slug":"llama-kangaroo-party-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the Llama at the Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A llama walks into a party, and then what?<\/p>\n<p>These photographs, taken by LIFE photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/robert-w-kelley\/\">Robert W. Kelley<\/a> in 1959, show a very strange party in progress. A llama, a kangaroo, a monkey, some goats, several dogs and a couple of cats are all getting a bath in what appears to be an urban backyard. Later, in the same place and on what appears to be the same day, they attend a party with the pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/11\/03\/arts\/music\/skitch-henderson-87-tonight-show-bandleader-dies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skitch Henderson<\/a>. The photographs never ran in the magazine, and nor did the story for which they were taken.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s going on here?<\/p>\n<p>Another LIFE story about a llama, published two years before these pictures were taken, offers a clue. It was a short one-page item about Animal Talent Scouts, a company run by Bernard and Lorrain D&#8217;Essen in New York City, who provided animal actors for theater and television\u2014including Linda the Llama. A small photograph of Mrs. D&#8217;Essen in her living room shows a similar assortment of creatures: several dogs, a kangaroo and a llama. Among the dogs, the breeds also overlap\u2014a basset hound, a sheepdog, a few greyhounds and what appears to be a saluki. The dark-haired woman in the later photos might be the same woman from the earlier photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Contemporary news reports about the business which supply the information that Lorrain D&#8217;Essen worked in advertising, where she realized there was a market for trained animals for commercials also confirm that the D&#8217;Essen&#8217;s New York City home, at 331 West 18th St<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1314&amp;dat=19590926&amp;id=FDNWAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=n-cDAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=2905,3945359&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>, had a yard. Other, wilder animals with the Animal Talent Scouts agency lived in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another clue: the date on the unpublished photos was May 1, 1959, just a couple of weeks before the release of Lorrain D&#8217;Essen&#8217;s well-reviewed memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/1189305.Kangaroos_In_The_Kitchen_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Kangaroos in the Kitchen<\/em><\/a>. (The book became a TV movie in 1982.) Was this perhaps a book party?<\/p>\n<p>Though no record exists of that particular get-together, the evidence is overwhelming. These were no ordinary animals. They were\u2014and remain\u2014stars.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159008\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159008 desc=\"Llama smelling a woman&#039;s hair, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The llama smelled a woman&#039;s hair, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-01-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The llama smelled a woman&#8217;s hair, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159009\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159009 desc=\"Animals gathered around a door way, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The kangaroo and llama party, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-02-802x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The kangaroo and llama party, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159010\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159010 desc=\"A group of animals including a llama and kangaroo curious about bath time, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A group of animals, including a llama and kangaroo, were curious about bath time, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-03-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A group of animals, including a llama and kangaroo, were curious about bath time, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159011\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159011 desc=\"A group of animals including a llama and kangaroo curious about bath time, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The kangaroo and llama party, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-04-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The kangaroo and llama party, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159012\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159012 desc=\"Woman carrying kangaroo to be bathed, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The kangaroo was about to be bathed.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-05-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The kangaroo was about to be bathed.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159013\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159013 desc=\"Two cats looking down at the other animals getting a bath, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Two cats looked down at the other animals getting a bath, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-06-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Two cats looked down at the other animals getting a bath, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159014\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159014 desc=\"A small dog being bathed in a tub, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A small dog was bathed in a tub, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-07-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A small dog was bathed in a tub, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159015\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159015 desc=\"A llama and goat being bathed in the backyard, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A llama and goat were bathed in the backyard, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-08-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A llama and goat were bathed in the backyard, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159016\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159016 desc=\"A Basset Hound being bathed in backyard, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A Basset Hound was bathed in the backyard, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-09-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A Basset Hound was bathed in the backyard, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159017\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159017 desc=\"A kangaroo getting dried off with a vacuum cleaner as the llama looks on, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A kangaroo was dried off with a vacuum cleaner as a llama looked on, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-10-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A kangaroo was dried off with a vacuum cleaner as a llama looked on, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159018\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159018 desc=\"A llama getting dried off after a bath, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A llama was dried off after a bath, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-11-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A llama was dried off after a bath, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159019\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159019 desc=\"Portrait of a llama drying off after a bath, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A llama dried off after a bath, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-12-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A llama dried off after a bath, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159020\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159020 desc=\"A monkey in the backyard, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A monkey in the backyard, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-13-801x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A monkey in the backyard, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159021\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159021 desc=\"Skitch Henderson (C) standing with a llama during a party, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Pianist and conductor Skitch Henderson (center) enjoyed the llama&#039;s company during a party, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-14-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Pianist and conductor Skitch Henderson (center) enjoyed the llama&#8217;s company during a party, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159022\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159022 desc=\"A Siamese cat and kangaroo at the center of a party, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A Siamese cat and kangaroo at the center of a party, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-15-986x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A Siamese cat and kangaroo at the center of a party, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_4159023\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=4159023 desc=\"A backyard party with animals including a llama, 1959.\" caption=\"Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The backyard llama party as seen from above, 1959.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-16-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo and Llama Party 1959\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The backyard llama party as seen from above, 1959.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Robert W. Kelley The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These images were taken in 1959 for LIFE Magazine, but the story never ran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31476327,"featured_media":4159021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[174,252,980,1047,1413],"class_list":["post-4158994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","tag-174","tag-animals","tag-kangaroo","tag-llama","tag-robert-w-kelley"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Llama and Kangaroo at a Party: What&#039;s Going On Here?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These images were taken in 1959 for LIFE Magazine, but the story never ran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Llama and Kangaroo at a Party: What&#039;s Going On Here?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These images were taken in 1959 for LIFE Magazine, but the story never ran\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LIFE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-25T11:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-19T18:05:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1686\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the Llama at the Party\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-25T11:00:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-19T18:05:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/animals\/llama-kangaroo-party-photos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/12\/151222-kangaroo-llama-party-14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1959\",\"animals\",\"kangaroo\",\"llama\",\"Robert W. 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