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Title: McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 123
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: Caption: "Bakersfield-Los Angeles Ridge Route. Note the winding road. (X) marks the road in the distance." c. 1920. Mountain scene showing road winding around hills and ridges, with a few scattered automobiles also present. First opened in 1915, the Ridge Route was the first paved highway connecting Los Angeles with the San Joaquin Valley.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb04-123
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/4189
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/1b8d231c2cf84573c9b0baac82959372.jpg
Language: English
Subject: Castaic-Tejon Route, or Ridge Route
Place: Los Angeles and Kern counties, California
Source: Image of a photograph within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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