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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Winding to the Summit, Ridge Route, 1921
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Winding to the Summit, Ridge Route, Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California, 1921
1921
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Curt Teich and Company, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois
Until Interstate 5 cut through the Angeles National Forest, the Ridge Route was the only road connecting coastal Northern and Southern California. Opened in 1915, it wound from around Castaic north of Los Angeles to around Lebec, including the "Grapevine" just south of the later junction of Interstate 5 with State Route 99. The old highway climbed through a northern area in the San Gabriel and Tehachapi Mountains, including a place where the original wagon drivers had to cut their way through thick grapevines. The date is derived from Teich's number at the top of the dividing line on the back, A-84437.
Roads; Highways; Ridge Route; Interstate 5; Mountains; Vintage automobiles
California
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Western Publishing and Novelty Company, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
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- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
Image
TIFF
20.53 MB
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