William Mulholland (possibly), with a mustache and wearing a suit and hat, standing on a dirt driveway lined by large pepper (?) trees, with a Victorian house at the end of the drive
View into a mountain ravine with utility poles and where a water pipe system appears to be under construction. Two men are in the ravine; one is mostly hidden by a utility pole and the other is possibly William Mulholland. The man is standing with his hands on his hips, is wearing dark pants, a dark open vest, a light shirt and neck tie and a wide-brimmed hat. A parked car is on the left.
Probably related to the article “Meet to View Highway Work, Work Progressing Rapidly on Mulholland Drive, Five Miles of Grading Done in Sixty Days, Prominent Business Men Take Tour of Inspection.” Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1924: D5. The article states: … The luncheon, at which Chief Engineer William Mulholland presided, was given at construction camp No. 1, of the Mulholland High-Way, at a point where the highway traverses the hills above the Hollywood County Club. … Among the prominent men who attended the luncheon and inspection were: … J.H. Blair …
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
A group of men standing in front of a sign that reads "Colorado River Water Metropolitan Aqueduct." Everyone is holding up a glass of water. This photograph was taken at the opening for the educational display for the Colorado River Aqueduct. From left to right, William P. Whitsett, William Mulholland, Frank E. Weymouth, H. A. Van Norman, John G. Bullock, and Franklin Thomas. Photo appears with the article, "John G. Bullock's Rise to City Leadership Saga of Triumph for American Creed: Merchant's Career Tale of Courageous Life," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1933: A2.