Los Angeles Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons, a mastodon and giant ground sloth, ca.1920

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Title	Los Angeles Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons, a mastodon and giant ground sloth, ca.1920
Description	Interiors of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons, a mastodon and a giant ground sloth ("from Rancho La Brea"), ca.1920. The two prehistoric skeletons, displayed on platforms, are made to look as if they are in motion. Tables nearby offer a view of prehistoric artifacts. Glass tops protect the artifacts. Throughout the room are a variety of bird figures (birds models?). At the top of the left wall are two sets of horns with labels describing them.; "American mastodons (Mammut americanum) stood about seven feet tall at the shoulder. They ate a variety of soft vegetation such as leaves and pine needles. Although they looked superficially similar, mastodons were only distantly related to mammoths and elephants." -- unknown author.
Subject	Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Subject (adlf)	museum buildings
Subject (file heading)	Animals -- Prehistoric
Subject (lcsh)	Museums Skeletons Animals, Fossil
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1920
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1920
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5699
Call number	CHS-5699
Microfiche number	1-63-
Legacy record ID	chs-m9677; USC-1-1-1-9816
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography 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-5699
Full text	1 j lift; 21
Archival file	chs_Volume69/CHS-5699.tiff

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