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Title
Improvement continues
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends. This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated October 16, 1956 reads, "Workman in foreground uses cutting torch to remove rails from old Pacific Electric right-of-way on Vineland avenue as Department of Public Works speeds improvement of Lankershim boulevard-Vineland-Camarillo street intersection."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier
00147386
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d055_f23_i18
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125889
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Public Works
Roads--Design and construction--California--Los Angeles
Road construction workers--California--Los Angeles
Roadside improvement--California--Los Angeles
Civic improvement--California--Los Angeles
Public works--California--Los Angeles
Construction workers--California--Los Angeles
Railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles
Traffic lanes--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Men--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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