Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. After much speculation and many setbacks, the water tunnel through the San Jacinto Mountains has finally been completed. Two men in hard hats with open grins shake hands with each other: the one with the light-colored jacket is Ralph McFall, the other is unidentified. Photograph appears with the article, "Blast Holes Through 13-Mile San Jacinto Water Tunnel," Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov 1938: 1. Text from newspaper caption: Ralph McFall, right, grins as he greets worker from "other side" as 13-mile San Jacinto tunnel was "holed" through yesterday after five years of arduous labor. Handwritten on negative: 11- 21- 38 Text from negative sleeve: 15011 [mining? 11-21-38 doesn't seem to be what comes up in neg# search: Mayor Bowron Roger Jessup (Chairman of Board of Sups)
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11746 ark:/21198/zz002h8k7q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Miners--California--Banning Helmets Shaking hands--California--Banning San Jacinto Mountains (Calif.) McFall, Ralph
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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