US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. In 1924 George Allan Hancock donated 23 acres of Rancho La Brea to Los Angeles County to be turned into a preservation park and museum. A small tar pit is enclosed by a stone wall, surrounded by a valley of grass. Text from negative sleeve: 4960 – La Brea Tar Pits [stamped:] APR 23 1936
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