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Los Angeles's La Brea tar pits and Hancock Park

Title
Los Angeles's La Brea tar pits and Hancock Park / Cathy McNassor.
Author
McNassor, Cathy.
Publication
Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., ©2011.

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Description
127 pages : chiefly illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Images of America
Uniform Title
Images of America
Subject
  • Paleontology > California > La Brea Pits > History > Pictorial works
  • Paleontology
  • La Brea Pits (Calif.) > History > Pictorial works
  • Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) > History > Pictorial works
  • California > La Brea Pits
  • California > Los Angeles > Hancock Park (Park)
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Contents
Early years: prehistory and history -- Into the 20th century: oil wells and fossil discoveries -- A city comes of age: a museum for Los Angeles -- Hancock Park: creating a landmark -- After the war: a new monument to the ice age -- The 1960s: art and fossils -- Pit 91: a new search for fossils -- The bones come home: The George C. Page Museum -- Into the 21st century: La Brea continued.
ISBN
  • 9781531650292
  • 1531650295
  • 9780738576114
  • 0738576115
  • 9780738589152
  • 0738589152
LCCN
2011926199
OCLC
  • ocn738363627
  • SCSB-9423395
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library