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Title
Freeway system transforms West Valley countryside
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 January 11, 1956 reads, "Freeway in Woodland Hills - Stopped traffic, linemen high on power poles, workmen and equipment scurrying in orderly fashion announce to Woodland Hills residents that the much needed and highly discussed freeway system has at last reached West Valley - at least in the preliminary stages."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00132776
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d038_f32_i39; S-007-748 4x5
CARL0005575297
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63575
Subject
Express highways--California, Southern--Design and construction
Express highways--California, Southern
Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles
Construction projects--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles)
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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