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Order Number	00076858
Title	View of La Brea tar pit
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Parks-Hancock Park-La Brea Tar Pits.
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Major Henry Hancock was given ownership to a large ranch in Los Angeles known as Rancho La Brea, in 1860. In the 1870s, Hancock found the skeletal remains of dinosaur as well as one Indian woman within the tar pits. The area that contains the skeletal collection and the Tar Pits is what is now called Hancock Park. Major Hancock was an early Los Angeles lawyer, surveyor, land owner, and candidate for the Presidency of the United States.
Description	Large pool on Rancho La Brea, containing springs, oil seepages and natural gas vents. This pool is often mistaken for the "La Brea Pit" by the uninformed. Brea (asphaltum) was mined from this depression at an earlier period. At that time, the owner of this area, Henry Hancock, excavated this section for its tar content. Car-loads of bones not then known to have a scientific value were burned as rubbish. This area became known as the "Death Trap of the Ages" when it was discovered that the bones were from prehistoric mammals, plants and birds.
Subject	Oil fields--California--Los Angeles. Ranches--California--Los Angeles. Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park). La Brea Pits (Calif.).
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.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection