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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 10, 1954 reads "Lifelike statues of monsters who once roamed the meadows where Los Angeles now stands can be viewed a few minutes' drive from the Valley at La Brea Park on Wilshire boulevard. These giant ground sloths are modeled after beasts who became mired in the La Brea Tar Pits."; See images #00122149 through #00122156 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Prudential Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Sloths--Statues--California--Los Angeles Statues--California--Los Angeles Animal sculpture--California--Los Angeles Tar--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Fences--California--Los Angeles La Brea Pits (Calif.) Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) Valley Times Collection photographs
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