Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Description

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Huntington Palisades, 1929, steam shovel-paving, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. The curbs and sidewalks are complete. Three trucks with asphalt, two asphalt rollers and fifteen workers holding rakes and shovels are on the road as a man in a light colored suit and cap standing near a parked car observes. Signs on the asphalt trucks read: "...REX TEELE, INC.,...Santa Monica." Signs on the rollers read: "L.A. Paving Co. Incorporated, E. R. Werdin, Gen. Mgr." Eucalyptus trees are visible beyond, Handwritten on edge of nitrate negative: 1178, Huntington Palisades is an area of Pacific Palisades located close to the 'village' proper, south of Sunset Blvd., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.