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Photograph caption dated February 12, 1959 reads, "Highway engineer Melvin C. Martin, left, adjusts theodolite as Virgil Archambouldt checks blue prints in preparation for surveying of freeway property line where chain link fence will be installed along two-mile link of Ventura Freeway to be opened early next week." See images 00147342 through 00147344 for all photos in this series.
Roads--California--San Fernando Valley--Design and construction Roads--California--San Fernando Valley Express highways--California, Southern City planning--California--San Fernando Valley Engineers--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Surveying--California--San Fernando Valley Surveying--Instruments Roads--Surveying State Route 134 (Calif.) San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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