Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of a diorama of prehistoric animals, possibly in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, [s.d.]. A diorama of four mammoths in an otherwise uninhabited landscape fills the majority of the image. Two large mammoths stand in profile, facing each other, on either side of a small pond or tar pit. Another mammoth stands behind the pond, facing the viewer, while the fourth and youngest mammoth pulls itself from the pond with the help of the rightmost mammoth's trunk. Trees and vegetation sit in the foreground of the diorama, while the background landscape appears to be low grass with hills visible in the distance. Three spectators stand on the checkered floor, facing the diorama, and separated from it by a railing.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Public Buildings--Museums Los Angeles County Horticultural and Art Museum Museums Art Mural painting and decoration Decoration and ornament, Prehistoric Animals, Fossil Museum buildings
Place
California Exposition Park Los Angeles USA
Source
1-63- [Microfiche number] 31086 [Accession number] CHS-31086 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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