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Description
Photograph of a group of men posing at the Mullholland Highway ground breaking ceremony, Los Angeles, 1923. A man at center, possibly William Mullholland, stoops down with a shovel in his hand, driving it into the earth and looking into the camera. He wears wire-frame glasses and a longcoat and hat like many of the gentlemen around him. A second man wears a porkpie hat and knickers in contrast to the long pants of the other men who total roughly 33.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
Building Streets Rites and ceremonies Roads Shovels Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified Mulholland, William Grasslands
Time Period
1923
Place
California Los Angeles Mulholland Highway USA
Source
1-22-21 [Microfiche number] 8526 [Accession number] CHS-8526 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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