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Photograph caption dated July 12, 1955 reads, "Assemblyman Allen Miller, second from right, is given lift in removing highway barriers permitting first flow of traffic over newly opened three-mile-long strip of Golden State Freeway. Assisting Miller, from left, are Joe Porcher, project manager for Griffith Construction Co.; Sgt. Rex Servoss, California Highway Patrol; Tal La Porte, CHP; Bill Fahey, district engineer California Division of Highways; Bob Butler, resident engineer; Miller, and Russ Havaux."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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