An aerial view of suburban sprawl in Tarzana, south of Ventura Boulevard at Reseda Boulevard. The city of Tarzana is surrounded by Reseda to the north, Woodland Hills to the west, Encino to the east, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. In 1909 General Harrison Gray Otis, founder and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, purchased 550 acres in the center of modern-day Tarzana. In 1915 Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of Tarzan of the Apes, purchased the land from Otis, built a large home and renamed the property Tarzana Ranch. In 1927, when it was incorporated into a city, local residents adopted the name Tarzana in honor of Burroughs and his famous literary character. Photograph dated December 23, 2002.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
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