Subject: La Brea Pits (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: In 1924 George Allan Hancock donated 23 acres of Rancho La Brea to Los Angeles County to be turned into a preservation park and museum.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The sculpture was created by Hermann T. Beck, based on drawings by Joseph L. Roop.
Date:: May 18, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Stone wall and bridge around the circumference of the tar pits. Two unidentified women are on the bridge looking down.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The reflections of the men can be seen on the surface of the tar pit. Deputy Sheriff Morford holds a rope descending beneath the surface, and Captain Hanby and Deputy Sheriff Hearst hold the remaining length of the rope. Captain Allen crouches along the grassy edge of the pit and Undersheriff Jewell points at the surface.
Date:: October 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bubbles form on the surface when methane gas escapes from the tar pits, pictured here.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bubbles form on the surface when methane gas escapes from the tar pits, pictured here.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A close-up of the statue of fighting saber-toothed cats located at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A small tar pit is enclosed by a stone wall, surrounded by a valley of grass.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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