Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles, California, 1956
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Few American cities embraced the automobile like Los Angeles. The southern California metropolis opened the first of its many limited-access freeways in 1940. Work on the Harbor Freeway, seen here, began in the early 1950s. Now designated Interstate 110, this freeway connects the downtown area with the Port of Los Angeles to the south, and with Pasadena to the northeast.
Few American cities embraced the automobile like Los Angeles. The southern California metropolis opened the first of its many limited-access freeways in 1940. Work on the Harbor Freeway, seen here, began in the early 1950s. Now designated Interstate 110, this freeway connects the downtown area with the Port of Los Angeles to the south, and with Pasadena to the northeast.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1956
Creators
Western Publishing & Novelty Company
Place of Creation
United States, California, Los Angeles
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Photographed by Frank J. Thomas for the Western Publishing & Novelty Company, Los Angeles, California; published by Curt Teich & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.9.4.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Cynthia R. Miller.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.438 in
Width: 5.438 in
Inscriptions
Text on back: HARBOR FREEWAY, LOOKING NORTH FROM SIXTH STREET, / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Printed on back side edge: L-71 Western Publishing & Novelty Co. Los Angeles, California Printed on back middle: Natural Color Reproduction CURTEICHCOLOR (R) Art-Creation.
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