Physical Description:
27 photographs in 1 box
Scope and Content
This set of 27 loose prints documents the Century Freeway project from 1990 to 1995. The images consist of views of vacant
lots,
construction workers, the unfinished freeway, runners on the highway participating in the "Run of the Century" race, and
the October 14, 1983, Opening Day Festivities, including a photograph of California Governor Pete Wilson and officials during
the
pledge of allegiance. The photographs are accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive
notes for images 1-11 by the photographer.
Image titles for 1-11 are transcribed from the accompanying "Notes on Photographs."
Part II Photographs:
- (1-2) Century Freeway Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program
- (3) Morning Rush Hour
- (4) Willco Dump near Normandie and Imperial
- (5) Hawthorne Terrance Replenishing Housing Project
- (6) Run of the Century
- (7-11) Opening Day Festivities
- (12-27) [Untitled images of construction area]