Opening of Maricopa Highway
Image
Title
Opening of Maricopa Highway
Identifier
13853
Source
Nick Peirano Collection, 1987
Description
Six young women dressed in bathing suits and high heels pose in front of a sign at the opening of Maricopa Highway [California State Route 33]. A crowd of people is visible on the left side of the image. Motorcycles are visible in background. Sign reads, "Ventura extends a welcome to the people of San Joaquin Valley," and shows two hands holding a ribbon stretched at a diagonal across the sign.
Note: Museum records indicate that three of the women are Ruby Bounds [Peirano], Nell Haley [Bates], and Margaret Aneel.
Note: Museum records indicate that three of the women are Ruby Bounds [Peirano], Nell Haley [Bates], and Margaret Aneel.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1930
Format
Black and white photograph
10.4 x 18 cm
Subject
California Highway 33 (Calif.)
Women
Special events
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Opening of Maricopa Highway,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed April 27, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7295.