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Title
La Brea Tar Pits at sunset
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1970
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
A fiberglass statue, right of center, at La Brea Tar Pits represents an Ice Age mastodon on the shore of The Lake Pit asphalt seep at sunset during a full moon. The Prudential Building and the California Federal Plaza Building, both on Wilshire Boulevard, are present in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00161375
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f2_s7
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140018
Subject
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Tar
Sculpture
California Federal Plaza Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Prudential Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Moon
Sunrises & sunsets
Mastodons
Science museums
Office buildings
Trees
Palms
Bank buildings
California Historical Landmarks
Charles Luckman Associates
Wurdeman and Becket
National Natural Landmarks Program (U.S.)
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Source
Hankey, Roy.

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