Title supplied by cataloger. The bridge/tunnel was built in 1948 as part of the Cahuenga Freeway; it is now known as the Lankershim/101 Freeway Bridge and Tunnel.; The corner where the billboard is seen (left of center) was named Yitzhak Rabin Square in 1995 in honor of the slain Israeli Prime Minister. Looking southeast down Cahuenga Boulevard, from just west of where it crosses Lankershim Boulevard (center). Seen, from left to right are the Lankershim Bridge and Tunnel (only partially visible), a Foster and Kleiser billboard advertising the 1949 Ford automobile (left), homes up in the hills, a Rexall drugstore and a Standard oil service station. Photograph dated June 23, 1949.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Standard Oil Company Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Buses--California--Los Angeles Drugstores--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Tunnels--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Sidewalks--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Billboards--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Service stations--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Signs and signboards--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Neon signs--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Advertising--Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Gasoline pumps--California--Los Angeles Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Mountains--California, Southern Ford automobile Streets--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Bridges--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Lankershim Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lankershim/101 Freeway Bridge and Tunnel (Calif.) Cahuenga Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cahuenga Freeway (Calif.) Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs
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