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Title: Sculptor finishing short-faced bear statue
Alternative Title: Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: The sculptor, Herman T. Beck, puts the finishing touches on the life size statue of the prehistoric short-faced bear. Behind him are 2 preliminary study models made on smaller scales. Picture is similar to 00010589.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00010614
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 13 (1712) 4x5; L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits.
CARL0000012622
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84517
Subject: Fossils--California--Los Angeles
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Bears, Fossil
Beck, Herman T
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)

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