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Title
Statues of saber-toothed tigers
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
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.
Description
This picture of statues of three prehistoric saber-tooth tigers shows 2 of them fighting while a 3rd stands on an entrapped Ancient Bison. This picture of the tar pit replication was taken around 1937.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010593
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 13 (1710) 4x5; L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits.
CARL0000012660
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84546
Subject
Fossils--California--Los Angeles
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Saber-toothed tigers
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)

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