Workers spreading asphalt on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Workers spreading asphalt on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1929

Date

1929

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

View from behind tall eucalyptus tree towards road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. The curbs and sidewalks are visible as well as two street lights. Nine road construction workers are spreading asphalt with rakes and shovels and one worker operates an asphalt roller. Two cars are parked on the road and Eucalyptus trees populate the landscape
Huntington Palisades is an area of Pacific Palisades located close to the 'village' proper, south of Sunset Blvd.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of nitrate negative: 1176
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Huntington Palisades, 1929, steam shovel-paving, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Transportation
Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Business
Environment
Road construction workers--California--Los Angeles
Eucalyptus trees
Road construction--California--Los Angeles