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00010544 Title Fossil miners at work Photographer Cobb, E. S. Collection ID Works Progress Administration Collection Location/Accession WPA 13 (1720) 4x5; L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits. Date 1911 Physical Description 1 photograph :b&w Description A view of the Los Angeles Museum excavations for pleistocene animal remains at Rancho La Brea. This picture shows the progress in the field after 2 years of work. Beyond lay the Hancock Oil fields and the Hollywood Hills. Several men are working down in the pit. Subject Fossils--California--Los Angeles. Oil fields--California--Los Angeles. La Brea Pits (Calif.). Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park). Format Photographic prints Reproduction Information Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information. Internal Notes Additional prints: 00010547 (A-007-463 4x5), 00010563 and 00010575 (A-009-911 4x5). Sub-Collection Name

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Source Number 00010544 Title Fossil miners at work Photographer Cobb, E. S. Collection ID Works Progress Administration Collection Location/Accession WPA 13 (1720) 4x5; L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits. Date 1911 Physical Description 1 photograph :b&w Description A view of the Los Angeles Museum excavations for pleistocene animal remains at Rancho La Brea. This picture shows the progress in the field after 2 years of work. Beyond lay the Hancock Oil fields and the Hollywood Hills. Several men are working down in the pit. Subject Fossils--California--Los Angeles. Oil fields--California--Los Angeles. La Brea Pits (Calif.). Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park). Format Photographic prints Reproduction Information Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information. Internal Notes Additional prints: 00010547 (A-007-463 4x5), 00010563 and 00010575 (A-009-911 4x5). Sub-Collection Name Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Author E. S. Cobb

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