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Description:: Crown Prince Gustav Adolf (right) and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (left) leaving the Natural History Museum via the Navajo Train on the Santa Fe Railway. Another train "Union Pacific" is behind them. Onlookers observe them.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "Art Works Given Museum: Old Masters Presented County by Generous Donors to Preserve Growth of Culture in Southland," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1931: A7. Axel and Jacob Beskow, a father and son art dealer team, donated the Turini piece to the Los Angeles Museum. The Los Angeles Museum later changed its name to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Date:: May 12, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden leans in for a closer look at a dinosaur fossil at the Natural History Museum. His guide, ornithologist Luther E. Weyman, looks into a display case just behind him. Reported in "ROYAL PAIR LEAVE CITY: Departure Taken for Yosemite Swedish Crown Prince States Period Spent Here Marks Epoch in Life Large Crowd Waits at Depot to Tender Distinguished Guests Farewell," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: 1.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden view a mammoth fossil in the Pleistocene Hall of the Natural History Museum. Reported in "ROYAL PAIR LEAVE CITY: Departure Taken for Yosemite Swedish Crown Prince States Period Spent Here Marks Epoch in Life Large Crowd Waits at Depot to Tender Distinguished Guests Farewell, " Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: 1.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Luther E. Wyman, ornithologist and staff member of the Museum of Natural history, points at a fossil specimen that he discusses with Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden at the museum. Reported in "ROYAL PAIR LEAVE CITY: Departure Taken for Yosemite Swedish Crown Prince States Period Spent Here Marks Epoch in Life Large Crowd Waits at Depot to Tender Distinguished Guests Farewell," Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: 1.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and others in an exhibition hall with dinosaur fossils on display at the Natural History Museum during the prince's visit to Los Angeles
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crown Prince Gustav Adolf (center) and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (L) and others, including Lois, Princess of Denmark (in floral dress R of Princess Louise) walking down the steps of the Natural History Museum after completing their visit.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to article, "Left From Era of Pharaohs: Gold-crusted Glass Vase of Ancient Egypt Shown," Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1935
Date:: October 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Lois, Princess of Denmark, and 2 men (center man might be he spouse Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg) with the party accompanying Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden look into a glass display case at the Natural History Museum during a visit to Los Angeles. A reconstructed dinosaur skeleton is visible in the background.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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