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Title
Highway 111
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
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
Gateway to Palm Springs en route from Indio on Highway 111. State Route 111 runs from Calexico to Palm Springs through the Coachella Valley. It begins at a junction with Interstate 10 near the foot of San Jacinto Peak east of the San Gorgonio Pass. As it continues south, it becomes a surface street as it enters Palm Springs. It serves as a links to every desert resort city, such as Palm Springs, Palm Desert and La Quinta, in the valley. November 1936.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067760
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 606 4x5
CARL0000072752
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2275
Subject
Roads--California--Riverside County
Coachella Valley (Calif.)
State Route 111 (Calif.)
Riverside County (Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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