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Title
Know Your City No.66 Walkway and steel girder of the 6th Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued
January 22, 1956
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4728
Description
ANSWER: Of course, it's the 6th Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River, which is one of the city's more spectacular bridges. At its western end, it connects with 6th St. And, when you leave the eastern end, you're on Whittier Blvd.
KNOW YOU CITY, NO. 66 -- What all this steel-work and concrete does is start at one place and end at another; both have different names. It has been there since 1932 and is one of the city's more spectacular -- well, what? Answer is on Page 9, Part 1A.
Type
Image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b257_95950CK-1
ark:/21198/zz0002t5h3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Landmarks
Viaducts--California--Los Angeles County
Architectural decorations & ornaments--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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