Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Miss Canada, Grant Donley, in skirt, sweater, and knitted hat, and Miss Mexico, Marianita Servin, in skirt, sleeveless blouse, and necklace, lighting explosive fuse to open Roosevelt Highway, with cut ribbons on ground, wide ribbon behind them, and uniformed officers and crowd, many waving hats, and hillside in background Related to the article “Malibu Ranch Scenic Wonders Open at Last, Three Nations Linked By Highway, Canada and Mexico Share in Ceremony Marking Opening of Scenic Roosevelt Turnpike Through Famous Malibu Ranch.” Los Angeles Times, 30 June 1929. The article states: … Gov. Young … gave the signal to the young lady representatives of Canada and Mexico, who applied lighted tapers to an explosive so placed that its explosion severed a barrier across the roadway. … Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, highways, Roosevelt Highway
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0437 uclamss_1429_0437 ark:/21198/zz002d9q6b
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Subject
Culture California Highway 1 (Calif.) Education People Events Dedications--California--Malibu Donley, Grant Lillian, 1907-1976 Servin, Marianita
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