Walled-in tar pit at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park, ca.1930-1939

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Photograph of a walled-in tar pit at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park, ca.1930-1939. The pit is at center and is surrounded by a low, circular stone wall. Several small bushes are growing inside the boundary of the wall. Behind the structure is a row of trees.

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Title Walled-in tar pit at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park, ca.1930-1939

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930/1939

Subject Animals, Fossil (lcsh), Hancock Park LaBrea Tar Pits (subject), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Hancock Park (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930/1939

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20873

Identifier 33463 (accession number), CHS-33463 (call number), CHS-33463 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24169 (legacy record id), chs-m20873 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24169

Unique identifier UC131056

Legacy Identifier CHS-33463.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 33.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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