Wearing jodhpurs, Angeline Pagones waits with her horse at the shoulder of the newly constructed Sepulveda highway. Construction equipment and material are at the side of the road and the Santa Monica mountains are a hazy backdrop. Photo caption reads: "Celebrating the completion of a modern highway over one of Los Angeles' oldest trails, Sepulveda highway will be dedicated Sunday with gay fiesta where the highway joins with Sunset boulevard. Angeline Pagones is shown with her horse on the bridle path inspecting the new roadway. The highway follows a trail used ceturies [sic] ago by the Indians on their way to the sea". Photo dated: Oct. 19, 1935.
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