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Title
Colfax bridge ribbon cut
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated June 12, 1956 reads "Shown at Colfax bridge ribbon-cutting ceremonies are, from left, Charles Conrad, Doye O'Dell, Councilman Earl Baker, Jack La Rue, Leon Ames and Jeanne Chisholm." The article partially reads "The $310,000 bridge across the Los Angeles river at Colfax avenue in Studio City was open to traffic today following a public ceremony at which Councilman Earle Baker cut the ribbon for the parade of vehicles across the span."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00134475
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d041_f19_i15
CARL0005596539
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/64590
Subject
Baker, Earle D
O'Dell, Doye
Ames, Leon,--1902-1993
Conrad, Charles J
LaRue, Jack
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Television actors and actresses--United States
Bridges--California--Studio City (Los Angeles)
Ribbons--California--Los Angeles
Scissors and shears--California--Los Angeles
Fences--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Studio City (Los Angeles)
Colfax Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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