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Box 1

photCL 480 Part I, 1982-1983

Physical Description: 19 photographs in 1 box

Scope and Content

This set of 19 loose prints documents the Century Freeway project from 1982 to 1983. The images consist primarily of the exteriors of condemned buildings with boarded-up windows, vacant yards, and relocated houses on flat-bed trucks. Image 19 includes a dog corpse in a yard. The photographs are accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive notes by the photographer.
Image titles transcribed from the accompanying "Notes on Photographs."

Part I Photographs:

  • (1) Downey, California
  • (2) Norwalk, California (Aerial photograph)
  • (3) Downey, California
  • (4) Downey, California (Aerial photograph)
  • (5-8) Downey, California
  • (9) Downey, California (Vacant field with foundation remnants)
  • (10) Downey, California
  • (11) Hawthorne, California
  • (12) Downey, California (Backyard swimming pool with painted palm trees)
  • (13) Hawthorne, California (Boundary of the Century Freeway right-of-way)
  • (14-18) Los Angeles, California
  • (19) Downey, California
Box 2

photCL 480 Part II, 1990-1995

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]