COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT visited 

 the Brea Pits July 26, 1915, and de- 

 scribed them as the "most extraordi- 

 nary storehouse of fossils in the world." 

 About the same time many other not- 

 able personages inspected the finds 

 and commented upon their value to 

 scientists in the study of paleontology. 

 In the picture below. Crown Prince 

 Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and his Prin- 

 cess are shown beside a skeleton of the 

 Imperial Elephant on the occasion of 

 their visit to the Los Angeles Museum. 



