Saber-tooth sculpture by J. L. Roop is referenced in book

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Los Angeles's La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)), has references to the fighting saber-tooth sculpture created by J. L. Roop.

J. L. Roop

The following is an archival link [ http://ia601202.us.archive.org/19/items/0972_Gasoline_Trails_01_00_45_10/0972_Gasoline_Trails_01_00_45_10_3mb.m4v ]


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Information from the National Archives:

clay animation
shows Roop crafting puppet figures
Black characters and animals

from: http://dinosaurs.nhm.org/dinosaurs/
"Among [Willis] O'Brien's animation assistants on The Lost World was Los Angeles sculptor J. L. Roop, of whom the Museum's Seaver Center for Western History Research maintains a collection of scrapbooks, photographs, articles and other items. One of Roop's models from The Lost World is housed in the Museum's History Department. Three years following The Lost World, Roop did the rather crude special dinosaur effects for The Lost Whirl, a comedy inspired by (but not really based on) the original film."



This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Reference Link: http://archive.org/details/0972_Gasoline_Trails_01_00_45_10

Audio/Visual: sound, color

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Preservation Copy: http://youtu.be/NuXEXtPcKhk

J.L. Roop Youtube Video

J. L. Roop Movies

See more movies with the work of J. L. Roop at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3812944/

Joseph Leeland Roop (1869 - 1932)

The following biography is by David L. Roop, a great grandson of the artist:

Joseph Leeland Roop (some records show his name as Joseph Lee) was born December 22, 1869 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. His father was Joseph William Roop (1842-1893), born in Roopsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania; he grew up in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana and Decatur, Alabama. He served in the Confederate Army in the 9th Alabama Cavalry. After the war Joseph William moved to Louisvill...[more]