PC-002-648

Winding to the Summit, Ridge Route, Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California, 1921

 

1921

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

 

 

MS-0008

 

Western Publishing and Novelty Company, Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

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TIFF

20.53 MB