Dr. Eugene Fritsche, top left, and Paul Kirkland, 18, to Fritsche's left, view the whale skeleton Kirkland found near a dump in San Pedro. The remains are estimated to be between 35 and 40,000 years old. Photo caption reads: "Dr. Eugene Fritsche, top left, and prehistoric whale found in San Pedro". Photo dated: Jan. 16, 1971.
Fritsche, Eugene Kirkland, Paul Paleontological excavations--California--Los Angeles Excavations (Archaeology)--California--Los Angeles Fossils Whales San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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