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Title
Traffic jam on freeway stalls hundreds of cars
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
1955
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 May 17, 1955 reads, "End of freeway tieup. Autos begin creeping down inbound lane of Hollywood Freeway as two-hour morning traffic jam slowly disperses. Broken down truck caused tieup, backed up commuter cars on all main arteries leading from Valley."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00008241
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f23_i35; A-009-894 4x5
CARL0000009821
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/40999
Subject
Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--California, Southern
Street lighting--California--Los Angeles
United States Highway 101
Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.)
Cahuenga Pass (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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