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Arroyo-Seco Parkway, Los Angeles-Pasadena, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_175
Title
Arroyo-Seco
Parkway
,
Los
Angeles-Pasadena
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1941
Subject (Topic)
Parkways--California--Pasadena
;
Roads--California--Pasadena
;
Parkways--California--Los
Angeles
;
Roads--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Place)
Pasadena
(Calif.)
;
Los
Angeles
(Calif.)
;
United
States
Highway
66
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of the
Arroyo-Seco
Parkway
, with
park-like
landscape
on
either
side
, and
trees
growing
in the
center
divider
.
Historical Background
The
Arroyo
Seco
Parkway
connects
Los
Angeles
with
Pasadena
and
runs
along
the
Arroyo
Seco
canyon
, a
riverbed
that
remains
dry
most
of the
year
. In
1927
, a
parkway
was
proposed
running
alongside
the
arroyo
seco
,
extending
10.5
miles
from a
point
slightly
north
of the
Rose
Bowl
to the
Los
Angeles
River
.
However
,
due
to
lack
of
funding
during
the
Great
Depression
and
controversy
over
building
a
roadway
through
park
land
,
construction
was
delayed
until
the
1930s
. The
first
segment
opened
on
January
4
,
1939
, and the
entire
parkway
opened
on
December
30
,
1940
,
earning
it
the
title
of the
first
freeway
in the
West
.
Construction
continued
for the
next
13
years
on
another
segment
extending
to the
south
,
which
included
converting
the
Figueroa
Street
bypass
roadway
to a
freeway
where
it
passes
through
Elysian
Park
. The
freeway
was
later
renamed
the
Pasadena
Freeway
, and then
California
State
Route
110
.
During
the
1940s
, the
tunnels
were
brought
up
to
freeway
standards
and
made
part
of the
Pasadena
Freeway
,
sometimes
called
the
Arroyo
Seco
Parkway
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "A new modern motorway,--divided--three lanes each way, and intersection-free, serving the metropolitan area, between Los Angeles and Pasadena."
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 1B-H2162; Series number: LA-121
Additional Notes
Date
from
publisher's
serial
number
;
Printed
using
the
C.T
.
Art-Colortone
process
;
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Title (Alternative)
U.S
.
Highway
66
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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