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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 4, 1954 reads, "Miss Angela Bongiovanni smiles broadly as she telephones an order to start pouring concrete next Monday on the Highland avenue link of Hollywood Freeway. Miss Bongiovanni, daughter of the owner of Bongiovanni Construction Co., manages the multi-million dollar construction project from a trailer-office on the scene. Streak of war weather adds to her smile and brings this assurance 'Traffic will be rolling over the freeway by April 14.'"
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Bongiovanni Construction Co.--Employees Express highways--California, Southern Express highways--California, Southern--Design and construction Businesswomen--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Telephones United States Highway 101 Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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