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Title: La Brea Tar Pits
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued: 1982
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
A fiberglass statue at La Brea Tar Pits represents an Ice Age mastodon stuck in The Lake Pit asphalt seep, November 1982. On the southern side of Wilshire Boulevard, background, are the Craft and Folk Art Museum, left, and an office building.
Type: image
Format: 1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier: 00161365
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_123_f2_s7
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/140020
Subject: La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Craft and Folk Art Museum (1973-1997)
Tar
Streets
Sculpture
Art museums
Crafts & decorating--Museums
Folk art--Museums
Mastodons
Science museums
Museums
Office buildings
Street lighting
Sidewalks
Tractor trailer combinations
Palms
Trees
California Historical Landmarks
National Natural Landmarks Program (U.S.)
Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1981
1982
1983
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1990
Source: Hankey, Roy.

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