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Originally Posted by Valda
Many of the statues of prehistoric animals at the La Brea Tar Pits were made by my father, Herman T. Beck. He had been hired as a sculptor and taxidermist by Los Angeles County in 1929, shortly before I was born. His name can still be seen carved into the base of the large sitting bear at the Tar Pits.
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Welcome, Valda. Your narrative of a Los Angeles youth is worth a thousand pictures-- thank you. Above are a few actual shots of your father you and David have probably already seen, but I'm not sure if the rest of us have.... Presumably this is the large sitting bear you mentioned.