Eagle Rock, for which the city Eagle Rock is named, [s.d.]

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Title	Eagle Rock, for which the city Eagle Rock is named, [s.d.]
Description	Photograph of a view of Eagle Rock, for which the city Eagle Rock is named, [s.d.]. The large dome-shaped rock can be seen in the background at center and has a dark spot on the side that resembles an eagle with its wings stretched out. A bridge can be seen spanning a narrow gulch in the foreground at center. Trees and bushes cover the area in the foreground.; "Eagle Rock, a massive sandstone 150 feet tall and 553 feet in circumference at the base, sits along side the Ventura Freeway. Its primary feature is what appears to be an eagle - its wings stretched out and with beak pointing out. The time of day and amount of sunlight seem to have a major effect on what one is able to see. The Indians are believed to have used the rock as a fortress, spying on the settlers below. The Spanish settler called the rock "Piedra Gorda" ("fat rock"), but by the 1880s the present name was in use. In 1874 the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez hid out in one of the two caves in the rock. Eagle Rock was incorporated in 1911 but was annexed by the city of Los Angeles in 1923 because of inadequate water supplies." -- unknown author.
Subject (adlf)	natural rock formations
Subject (lcsh)	Rocks Trees Bridges
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Eagle Rock; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage era	[s.d.]
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	36796
Call number	CHS-36796
Legacy record ID	chs-m30017
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-36796
Archival file	chs_Volume145/CHS-36796.tiff

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