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Title
Henry Lion and Pioneer sculpture
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
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
Sculptor Henry Lion stands on a pedestal to work on his larger-then-life sculpture of a 49er gold prospector entitled "The Pioneer," which is to be placed in the courtyard of Carthay Center. Standing next to the sculpture is Carthay Center developer J. Harvey McCarthy and actress Norma Shearer. Photograph dated March 17, 1926.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00069584
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection
G-000-360 5x7
CARL0000073257
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/109819
Subject
Lion, Henry
McCarthy, J. Harvey
Shearer, Norma,--1902-1983
Miners--Statues--California--Los Angeles
Figure sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Real estate developers--California--Los Angeles
Statues--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Sculptors--United States
Bronze sculpture
Carthay Center

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