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Title: La Brea Tar Pits, graveyard of prehistoric animals, L.A. Cal
Creator: Plunkett, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a pond surrounded by trees at the La Brea tar pits in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, with a portion of the lettering on the Citizen's Bank building, at Curson Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, visible to the right of Desmond's Wilshire Tower building in the distance at center.
"La Brea Tar Pits, graveyard of prehistoric animals, L.A. Cal. 290" and "Bob Plunkett Photo"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date approximated by cataloger based on general time period of operation of photographer and the history of Desmond's Wilshire Tower, which was completed in 1929.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 11.4 x 16.6 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
488001
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17627
Subject: La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Fossils
Museums
Parks
Ponds
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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