#0939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments - Old Trapper's Lodge

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#0939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments - Old Trapper's Lodge

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Pierce College, N of El Rancho Dr, Woodland Hills

34.185024,-118.583290

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State plaque

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Old Trappers Lodge

Old Trapper's Lodge is one of California's remarkable twentieth century folk art environments. It represents the life work of John Ehn (1897-1981), a self-taught artist who wished to pass on a sense of the Old West. Derived from personal experiences, myths and tall tales from 1951 to 1981, using his family as models, and incorporating memorabilia, the "Old Trapper" followed his dreams and visions to create the Lodge and its "Boot Hill."

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Saving and Preservation Arts and Cultural Environments, a non-profit educational corporation, March 25 1985.

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