Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Note identifying participants: image no. uclamss_1429_0455i Orange County Supervisor John C. Mitchell, Miss Anaheim Jewel Cawthon, holding ribbon, State Highway Commissioner Philip A. Stanton, with scissors, Miss Newport Mary Jean Mason, holding ribbon, and Orange County Supervisor George Jeffrey, all standing, the men in suits and ties, the women in light dresses and hats, with crowd of about 25 men, women, and children, in background, with American flag visible at upper right A similar photograph appears with the article “Orange County Hails New Cut-off to Sea, Harbor Boulevard and Buaro Bridge Dedicated, P.A. Stanton Represents Gov. Merriam in Exercises Conducted at Costa Mesa.” Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 1934. Caption reads: P.A. Stanton, State Highway Commissioner representing Gov. Merriam, is shown cutting ribbon, symbolizing uniting of southern and northern sections of Orange county, at dedication exercises conducted yesterday on the new $50,000 bridge spanning the Santa Ana River at Costa Mesa. The new bridge and the new Harbor Boulevard were formally opened. Left to right: John C. Mitchell, Supervisor Second District; Miss Jewell Cawthon as Miss Anaheim; Stanton; Miss Mary Jean Mason as Miss Newport and George Jeffrey, Supervisor Fifth District. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Highways, Santaana Newport Beach bridge opening, 1934
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_0450 0450 ark:/21198/zz002d9qn2
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Transportation Dedications--California--Costa Mesa Events Bridges--California--Costa Mesa Mitchell, John Charles, 1879-1958 Stanton, P. A. (Philip Ackley), 1868-1945 Jeffrey, George, 1877-1955 Mason, Mary Jean, b. 1916 or 1917 Ross, Jewel Cawthon, 1917-1994
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