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Description
5 images. Tar Pits...Hancock Park, 8 August 1951. Ralph Cornell (architect for park plans) John Anson Ford (Supervisor) V.W. Bullock (Assistant Chief County Mechanical Engineer) Charles Robinson (County Inspector) Dr. Hildegarde Howard (director of museum's science division) Ed Stickney. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Miller. Date: 08-08. Reporter: Parker. Assignment: Tar pits. 36, 35, 40: Inspecting site in middle of Hancock Park where pipe line unexpectedly uncovered, spewing tar and water and halting work, are Ralph Cornell, architect for park plans Supervisor John Anson Ford V.W. Bullock, assistant chief county mechanical engineer and Charles Robinson, county inspector. 41-42: Tar pit that refused to be filled in by landscapers at Hancock Park is inspected by County Officials, l to r: Ed Stickney, field deputy for Supervisor John Anson Ford Ralph Cornell, the architect C.F. Gehring, acting director of County Museum Hildegarde Howard, Director of Museums, science division Ford V.W. Bullock, assistant chief mechanical engineer for County".
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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