Image / La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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.
A small tar pit is enclosed by a stone wall, surrounded by a valley of grass.
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.
Text from negative sleeve: 4960 – La Brea Tar Pits [stamped:] APR 23 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14128
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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