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Title
Rainslick Freeway
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
1964
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 November 9, 1964 reads, "Cars were jammed on the freeway this morning because of the long-awaited rain, as cautious work-bound drivers moved toward Los Angeles. Photo shows cars in Cahuenga Pass on the Hollywood Freeway driving bumper-to-bumper. Police reported a few fender-bending accidents."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00112374
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d013_f16_i31
CARL0005271648
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/46521
Subject
Rain and rainfall--California--Los Angeles
Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--California, Southern
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Storms--California--Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
United States Highway 101
Cahuenga Pass (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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