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Title
Hollywood family views tar pit
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated January 2, 1964 reads "Herbert Kline with Elissa, 6, Ethan, 3." The article partially reads "The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, located in the middle of the fashionable Miracle Mile, has yielded approximately 500,000 fossiles (sic) and bones." The group is in an enclosed observation pit.; See images #00122146 through #00122147 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00122147
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d026_f21_i6
CARL0005401511
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54506
Subject
Men--California--Los Angeles
Fathers--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Tar--California--Los Angeles
Hand-railing
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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