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Title
Hancock Park tar pit
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
A view of an area of Hancock Park prior to 1927. On the right is one of the tar pits. Lumber is laying in the foreground (right lower corner) and a chicken wandering around. On the left (in the area of the billboard) is Wilshire Blvd.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010588
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits.
CARL0000012671
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84557
Subject
Fossils--California--Los Angeles
Billboards--California--Los Angeles
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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