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Title
George C. Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1978
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.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Located at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard and opened in 1977, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries rests on the center of an artificial mound that resembles the ruins of a Mayan temple, with visitors following a ramp well below the ground surface to enter. La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum were rebranded together in 2015 to become La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.
Kids roll down one of the steep hills outside the George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits. The museum is surmounted by a 10-foot-high, 4-sided fiberglass frieze, representing animals and plants in a depiction of Pleistocene life at the La Brea Tar Pits, by sculptor Manuel Paz.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161393
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f2_s8
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140269
Subject
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Science museums
George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries
Trees
Children
Lawns
Exterior lighting
California Historical Landmarks
National Natural Landmarks Program (U.S.)
Friezes
Paz, Manuel
Thornton, Fagan, and Associates
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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