Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Sculptor Lorado Taft has chosen one of the hilltops of Griffith Park to plant a museum of sculpture and architecture that will be completed at an estimated cost of $1,000,000. The only two who accompanied him were author Hamlin Garland and directing head of the Los Angeles Museum of Art Clarence B. Mitchell. Lorado Taft stands in front of a parked automobile with his hands crossed in front of him. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Taft Begins 'First Work' On Museum," Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb 1934: A1. Handwritten on negative: Lorado Taft Text from negative sleeve: MITCHELL, CLARENCE B. ART Mitchell, Clarence B. Artist 1934
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6731 ark:/21198/zz002cx0qm
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No linguistic content
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Automobiles--American--California--Griffith Park Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Griffith Park Sculptors--American--California--Griffith Park Los Angeles County Museum of Art Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936
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