California governor C.C. Young, Miss Canada, Miss Mexico, and crowd at ribbon-cutting ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929

Item Overview

Title

California governor C.C. Young, Miss Canada, Miss Mexico, and crowd at ribbon-cutting ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929

Date Created

1929

Date

1929

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

C.C. Young, at center, in suit and tie, holding knife, smiling, with Grant Donley, in skirt, sweater, knitted hat, and Miss Canada sash, waving, seated on car at left, and Marianita Servin (daughter of Dr. Guillermo Servin), in skirt, sleeveless blouse, necklace, and Miss Mexico sash, waving, at right, with tangle of paper ribbons in foreground, uniformed officers and crowd, many waving hats, and hillside in background
A similar photograph appears with the article “Malibu Ranch Scenic Wonders Open at Last, Three Nations Linked By Highway, Canada and Mexico Share in Ceremony Marking Opening of Scenic Roosevelt Turnpike Through Famous Malibu Ranch,” Los Angeles Times, 30 June 1929. Caption reads: In Sycamore Canyon. Gov. Young, assisted by Miss Mexico and Miss Canada, prepares to sever the barrier and throw the road open to the peoples of three nations. (P. & A. photos)

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, highways, Roosevelt Highway

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Donley, Grant Lillian, 1907-1976
Servin, Marianita
Young, C. C. (Clement Calhoun), 1869-1947

Location

Malibu (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
People
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Government
Culture
Dedications--California--Malibu