Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. After much speculation and many setbacks, the water tunnel through the San Jacinto Mountains has finally been completed. Handwritten on negative: 11- 21- 38 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. 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)
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11746 ark:/21198/zz002h8k7q
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No linguistic content
Subject
Miners--California--Banning Shaking hands--California--Banning Helmets San Jacinto Mountains (Calif.) McFall, Ralph
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