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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 16, 1954 reads, "Tempers flare and radiators boil on Hollywood Freeway as wreck at left on Cahuenga bypass portion snarls traffic at beginning of late homeward bound period. Truck Driver [sic] Willey Seymour, 32, jackknifed 18-ton trailer load of cast iron machine parts. Result seen from Pilgrim Bridge shows confusion on Cahuenga and, right below, traffic permitted by police to flow over new Valley bound link which will open next month."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Express highways--California, Southern--Design and construction Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Trucks--California--Los Angeles Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Los Angeles United States Highway 101 Cahuenga Pass (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cahuenga Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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