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Title: Highway 50 in the 1930s
Creator: California Highways Division
Date Created and/or Issued: 1966/11/27
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: The photo caption printed in the Sacramento Bee on November 27, 1966 states:"Two views of U. S. 50 in the vicinity of Pollock Pines show the improvement over the years. The photo above (subject photo) shows the highway as it appeared in the early 1930s. The route was watered in the summer to control dust. Below, the four-lane freeway which now follows the route was opened last year."
Type: image
Identifier: 05E4587A-5564-4322-A1E7-174651851113
1983/001/SBPM06842
Subject: Highway 50
El Dorado County

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