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Photograph was edited for publication purposes and has a vertical crease on the left side of the photo. The tar pits are adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The museum was dedicated in 1965. The George C. Page Museum of La Brea discoveries was built in 1975. Photograph caption dated January 2, 1964 reads "Statues of prehistoric beasts graze on banks of pool in Hancock Park." The article partially reads "The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, located in the middle of the fashionable Miracle Mile, has yielded approximately 500,000 fossiles (sic) and bones." Construction of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) can be seen in the background.; See images #00122146 through #00122147 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County Museum of Art--Construction Sloths--Statues--California--Los Angeles Animal sculpture--California--Los Angeles Statues--California--Los Angeles Tar--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Museums--Construction--California--Los Angeles Building construction--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles) Building sites--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles) La Brea Pits (Calif.) Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) Valley Times Collection photographs Pereira, William L.,1909-1985
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