Lemon Tree: Traveling Tart
Spanish missionaries carted these vitamin C carriers to Southern California, where citrus barons turned the yellow fruit into gold.
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"Equestrian Portrait of Don Vicente Lugo"
Lugo, painted here by Henri Joseph Penelon, was an early Los Angeles land owner and accomplished horseman.
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Becoming Los Angeles
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Cow Bell: "I've Got a Fever...For More Cow Bell!"
Worn by roaming livestock, a cowbell let ranchers know when their charges were on the mooo-ve.
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Rob & Christie Martin
"The very last dairy in Los Angeles County is just a few miles from my house - times have really changed"
Airplane Noisemaker: Vintage Sound Pollution
Made of gears and maple syrup dispensers, this would simulate the "put-put-put" sound of an airplane.
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Rotunda
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Leilani J. Ramirez
"As a sound designer, any device that makes a cool and unique sound will always capture my heart."
Edmontosaurus Vertebra
This large neck bone belonged to one of the quintessential duck-billed dinosaurs, the Edmontosaurus.
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Dinosaur Hall
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Turtle Fossil Shell: Staying Power
Turtles thrived in prehistoric subtropical climates—living along with the last of the large dinosaurs.
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Platypus Specimen: Mind-Bending Mammal
We know platypuses are mammals because they have hair, feed milk to their young, and have three middle ear bones
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J&L Fedel
"What's not to love in such a poetic name, just rolls off the tongue... duck-billed platypus...plus she reminds us of the diversity and fragility of life. "
Thick-Shelled Titanosauria: Egg Shell Fragment
This dinosaur would have grown to be among the heaviest creatures to walk the Earth.
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Floss Silk Tree 1: Parakeet Paradise
A preferred lunch spot for chatty Yellow-chevroned Parakeets who swear by the crackly green seed pods.
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Kathy and Frank Baxter
"Since I am an avid gardener, we chose a lovely silk tree, which will shade visitors and host beautiful butterflies. (Kathy Baxter)"
Nevin Barberry: Save the Berry
The giver of glistening red fruit, threatened in city and almost gone in the wild, now has solid Museum roots.
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Nova Agave 9: Living Sculpture
Protected by leathery leaves and spines, this plant also has a delicate side—a gorgeous six-foot flower spike.
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Naegele's Giant Jaguar: Right Lower Jaw
This big Ice Age cat, from the Tar Pits, is the largest known feline to have ever walked the Earth.
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Age of Mammals
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Theropod Toe: The Three-Toed Clue
One of the features scientists believe link theropod dinosaurs to birds is a three-toed foot.
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Marina Madrone: Forest Fox
Sensuously smooth bark, dark green, lustrous leaves, and honey scented flowers make this one floral eye candy.
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Hadrosaur Skin Impression 2: You're Aging Well
This miraculously-preserved specimen helps us understand what dinosaurs looked like on the outside.
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Kew Quarry Slab: Fossil Finds From Ventura
This fossil treasure contains an ancient land tortoise shell, as well as rhinoceros skull and limb bones.
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Age of Mammals
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Ancient Bison Skull: Horn of Plenty
Gender can't always be discerned by a fossil's skeleton size, but this bison's large horns reveal his virility.
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Yellow Flowering Currant 7
The plant’s nectar is a popular palate pleaser for hummingbirds and other winged drinkers.
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Ladies' Fingers Dudleya: Best Manicure Award
This SoCal succulent has rose-tipped digits and likes to sunbathe only in the best locales.
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Branding Iron: My 'Ramona'
This iron designated Ventura's Ranch Camulos, which inspired Helen Hunt Jackson's best-selling 1884 novel, Ramona.
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Anonymous Donor
"This aptly named object honors my mother Ramona, who was brave enough to not cry when her little brother branded her arm during a game of Cowboys & Indians."
Thin-Shelled Titanosauria: Egg Shell Fragment
This 80-million-year-old shell was discovered in Neuquen, Argentina and belonged to a giant long-necked dino.
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