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Title |
Works Progress Administration activities at Los Angeles high school. Mural depicting prehistoric life in the La Brea tar pits. |
Date |
1938 |
Object Name |
Negative, Sheet Film |
Catalog Number |
PH.8736.015 |
Description |
Works Progress Administration activities at Los Angeles high school. Mural depicting prehistoric life in the La Brea tar pits. [View of a mural entitled, "The Deathtrap of the Ages," painted by Charles R. Knight. It depicts the artist's vision of how the La Brea Tar Pits appeared during the time of the dinosaurs.] Taken June, 1938. AVES No.12312-A Beginning in 1907, J. Z. Gilbert, zoology teacher at Los Angeles High School, periodically brought a work force of students to exhume specimens. Gilbert was the first to create local interest and monetary support through the Southern California Academy of Sciences and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and directed the excavation of a large "Academy Pit" in 1910. Description Modified: 6/6/2023 |
Dimension Details |
5" x 7" |
Film Size |
5x 7 in |
AVES Negative # |
12312-A |
Medium |
Cellulose acetate plastic film |
Photographer |
Knight, Charles R. |
School Site # |
8736 |
School Name |
Los Angeles Senior High |
School Name History |
Los Angeles HS (1873) |
Provenance |
Taken June, 1938. AVES No. 12312-A Beginning in 1907, J. Z. Gilbert, zoology teacher at Los Angeles High School, periodically brought a work force of students to exhume specimens. Gilbert was the first to create local interest and monetary support through the Southern California Academy of Sciences and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and directed the excavation of a large "Academy Pit" in 1910. |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
Collection |
WPA / PWA |