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Title
Horse bones recovered from tar pits
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Shown still in the pit are the skull of an extinct horse, under the pelvis of a sloth. The lower jaw of the horse is to the right and below.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010517
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits.; S-003-980 4x5
CARL0000012476
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/84442
Subject
Fossils--California--Los Angeles
La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park)

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