Miracle Mile in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Chester Stock Ph.D.
Observation Pit
| | La Brea Tar Pits | |
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
1. Chester Stock, Ph.D. Marker
Chester Stock, Ph.D., January 28, 1892 - December 7, 1950. Paleontologist. Chief Curator of Science - Los Angeles County Museum, Chairman of the Division of Geological Sciences - California Institute of Technology who, encouraged by the foresight and generosity of G. Allan Hancock, inspired his many co-workers in developing and preserving the treasures of Rancho La Brea.
Presented by the Los Angeles County Museum Association.
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Observation Pit
The observation pit at the west end of Hancock Park is a partially excavated deposit of fossils and bubbling asphalt enclosed in a circular building that first opened in 1952. Depth of excavation 12 feet.
Located on the site of Pit 101, the display in the Observation Pit demonstrates what the fossil localities looked like while being excavated. This building was dedicated in 1951 to the memory of Dr. Chester Stock, the Caltech professor and County Museum curator, who personally described many of the different kinds of fossil mammals recovered from the tar pits.
Photo captions:
(1) Chester Stock measuring a fossil while a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1925.
(2) Dire Wolf.
(3) Chester Stock examining dire wolf skull and teeth in 1939.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Education • Paleontology • Science & Medicine. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1987.
Location. 34° 3.815′ N, 118° 21.408′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Miracle Mile. It can be reached from Wilshire Boulevard west of South Curson Street. The markers are at the Observation Pit which is near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the La Brea Tar Pits. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90036, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pits 3, 4, 61/67 (within shouting distance of this marker); Tar seeps form Ice Age time capsules (within shouting distance of this marker); How did these different types of fossils end up in a tar pit together? (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Pits 3, 4, 61/67 (within shouting distance of this marker); Death Trap for Meat-Eaters (within shouting distance of this marker); Pit 91 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Project 23 (about 300 feet away); What's in the crates? (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
Also see . . .
2. Chester Stock, Ph.D.
1. Chester Stock. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on August 18, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County. Website homepage (Submitted on January 10, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
3. Observation Pit Marker
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
4. Chester Stock, Ph.D. / Observation Pit Markers
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
5. La Brea Tar Pit near the Observation Pit
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
6. Pleistocene Garden
Tourists pose with life-sized models of giant sloths near the Rancho LaBrea Observation Pit.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 9, 2011
7. The George C. Page Museum: "Home of LaBrea Discoveries"
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,334 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 8, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 2. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on January 8, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 9, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
