Propeller Plant 5: If You Could Fly
Helicopter-blade-shaped leaves make the red-flowered succulent look ready for a blazing takeoff.
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Black Sage: The Nose Knows
Most Californians are in sniffing distance of this plant, found from San Francisco to Baja California, Mexico.
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Branding Iron: Jose Maria Avila
The Avila family was an important Californio and Mexican family in Los Angeles' early days.
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Saber-Toothed Cat Skull: A Tell-Tale Sign
Though their big canines were the same size, skull size is one way to tell male and female Smilodons apart.
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Age of Mammals
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Ann and Al Jicha
Chocolate Pot: Life is Like a Pot of Chocolate
Sponsor: The Natural History Museum Docents
Chocolate Pot: Life is Like a Pot of Chocolate
This was used to make a favorite Mexican family drink—hot chocolate!
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The Natural History Museum Docents
"The Docents are celebrating 50 years of Volunteering in this Museum we all love! 1962 to 2012"
"Dancing on the Veranda" Painting
You can hear the music and laughter in this painting, which depicts social life in the Mexican Era.
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Bill and Karen Timberlake
St. Catherine's Lace 6: Oh Holy Bush
The large, white flowery bush inspires wedding dresses, tablecloths, and doilies.
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T. rex Tooth: Give Us a Big Smile
A serious predator needs serious teeth. This fierce fossil was discovered in the Montana badlands.
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Dinosaur Hall
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The Stutts Family
Pterosauria Footprints: I Get Around
Although pterosaurs were the largest flying reptiles that ever lived, they could also walk on all four feet.
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Yellow Flowering Currant 2
The plant’s nectar is a popular palate pleaser for hummingbirds and other winged drinkers.
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Grizzly Bear Skull: From Alaska to Wilshire
About 50,000 years ago, this species arrived in Alaska and made its way south
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Shark Tooth
This tooth, discovered in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, is from one of the largest sharks that ever lived.
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Albertosaurus Tooth: T. rex's Tough Cousin
This tooth belonged to the Albertosaurus, named for the Canadian province where the species was discovered.
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This object is in honor of:
Ramone Munoz
"We visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta 10 years ago and enjoyed looking at the dinosaurs excavated on site. Happy to have one of their cousins in LA!"
California Lilac 4: Hold the Water
This blue-flowered survivor is as pretty as she is tough—she can weather drought and grow to 15 feet.
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Nancy Harahan
"In honor of my mother's birthday 6-21-12 in appreciation for her love of lilacs."
Propeller Plant 4: If You Could Fly
Helicopter-blade-shaped leaves make the red-flowered succulent look ready for a blazing takeoff.
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Striped Skunk Skull: The Ice Age Stinker
Because of their odor, skunks are rarely eaten by other mammals. The asphalt seeps didn't mind, though.
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Coursen's Pinniped Skull: My, What Big Eyes You Had
This distant relative of modern sea lions and fur seals had large eyes and specially modified ears for diving.
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Moa Femur 1: Showing Some Leg
Moa—extinct, flightless birds from New Zealand—are unique in that they show no trace of wing bones.
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Early Pronghorn Antelope: Horn of Plenty
This gracefully running, extinct pronghorn lived in Red Rock Canyon 12 million years ago.
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Island Bush Snapdragon 3: A Big Talker
A visitor from the Channel Islands, its lipstick-red, dragon-like mouth is a magnet for hummingbirds.
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Kangaroo Paw: Caught Red Handed
Birds in the 1913 Garden coo at the hairy, claw-like red flowers of this handsome Australian import.
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Bush Anemone: Made in the Shade
This shrub can not only survive just fine in a shady corner, it'll go one better with lovely white flowers.
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Linda Duttenhaver
Preprismatoolithus Egg 1
Eggs and nests provide clues to how dinosaurs reproduced and cared for their babies.
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The Docents of the Roundtable
"The Docents are celebrating 55 years of volunteering at NHM. 1962 to 2017"
Branding Iron: The Canyon Behind Verdugo Ranch
This brand designated the cattle of Antonio Coronel, from property he called "La Canada atras de los Verdugos."
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Becoming Los Angeles
This object is in honor of:
David and Karen Garson