MAIN SUBJECT HEADINGS ACCIDENTS ARCHAEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY AWARDS BEAUTIFICATION--See LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE BRIDGES BUILDINGS BYPASSES--See ROADSIDE BUSINESSES & BYPASSES CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION CONVENTIONS--See EVENTS CONVICT LABOR CULVERTS--See also EROSION CONTROL CURBS--See SAFETY DAMS & CANALS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS--See also PERSONNEL/EMPLOYMENT RELATED DOCUMENTS & RECORDS DRAINAGE--See EROSION CONTROL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES--See also LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT EROSION CONTROL--See also FLOODING EVENTS EXHIBITS--See INFORMATIONAL SERVICES FERRIES FLOODING FOREST HIGHWAYS--See ROAD CONSTRUCTION FREEWAYS GRADE CROSSINGS, SEPARATIONS & INTERCHANGES GUARD RAILS--See SAFETY HIGHWAYS--See ROUTES HIGHWAY PLANNING & DESIGN HISTORIC LANDMARKS & MONUMENTS HISTORY: PEOPLE, PLACES & HISTORIC EVENTS--See also EVENTS INFORMATIONAL SERVICES INTERCHANGES--See GRADE CROSSINGS, SEPARATIONS & INTERCHANGES LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE LEGISLATION LIGHTING--See SAFETY LITIGATION / LEGAL LITTER REMOVAL--See LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE--See also SNOW; LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE; EQUIPMENT MEDIANS--See SAFETY MOTOR VEHICLES--See also TRAFFIC NATIVE AMERICANS NATURAL DISASTERS--See also FLOODING ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENTS--See DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PALEONTOLOGY--See ARCHAEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY PAVEMENT MARKINGS--See SAFETY MAIN SUBJECT HEADINGS PAVEMENT & PAVING--See also EQUIPMENT, Paving Related PEOPLE--See PEOPLE INDEX PERSONNEL/EMPLOYMENT-RELATED PUBLIC RELATIONS--See INFORMATIONAL SERVICES RECORDS MANAGEMENT--See DOCUMENTS & RECORDS REST STOPS & VISTA POINTS RIGHT OF WAY ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROADSIDE BUSINESSES & BYPASSES ROUTES SAFETY--See also ACCIDENTS SCENIC HIGHWAYS SCENIC/RECREATIONAL AREAS, STATEWIDE SIGNALS SIGNS SNOW TECHNOLOGY--See also EQUIPMENT; PAVING TRAFFIC--See also MOTOR VEHICLES TRAINING--See EDUCATION; PERSONNEL/EMPLOYMENT TREES--See LANDSCAPE & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TUNNELS & TUBES UTILITIES VISTA POINTS--See REST STOPS & VISTA POINTS WORLD WAR II-RELATED California Highways and Public Works PHOTOGRAPH INDEX 1937-1967 List of Abbreviations: AAPT . Association of American Paving Technologies AASHO . American Association of State Highway Officials AISC . American Institute of Steel Construction APWA . American Public Works Association ARBA . American Road Builders Association ARWA . American Right-of-Way Association ASCE . American Society of Civil Engineers ASF . Automobile Safety Foundation BHIF . Better Highways Information Foundation BPR . Bureau of Public Roads CH & PW . California Highways and Public Works CHC . California Highway Commission CPUC . California Public Utilities Commission CTBA . California Toll Bridge Authority CSAA . California State Automobile Association DHE . District Highway Engineer DBTC . Division of Bay Toll Crossings [formerly DSFBTC] DSFBTC . Division of San Francisco Bay Toll Crossings DWR . Division of Water Resources FAS . Federal Aid Secondary [Highway Program] FHA . Federal Highway Administrator ITE . Institute of Traffic Engineers ITTE . Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering NAS . National Academy of Sciences; Naval Air Station NPA . National Production Authority NRC . National Research Council PCI . Prestressed Concrete Institute PVS . Professional and Vocational Standards PW . Public Works SP . Southern Pacific [Railroad] UOP . University of the Pacific WASHO . Western Association of State Highway Officials Alt. Alternate Br. Bridge Bus. Business Fwy. Freeway Hwy. Highway Leg. Rt. Legislative Route Pkwy. Parkway RR . Railroad Rt. Route Key i.cvr. inner cover C, BC . Cover, Back Cover highway names/numbers in brackets . .[denotes former route names/number] 3 California Highways and Public Works PHOTOGRAPH INDEX 1937-1967 ACCIDENTS Accident spots pinpointed on district map to identify troublesome spots. J/A ‘65 p34 Accident which occurred in daytime on paved road. Aug ‘38 p8 Car and truck accident on Bayshore Hwy. [US 101] near S.F. S ‘37 p13 Construction accident; truck on its tailgate on small ledge of rock. M/A ‘51 p49 Tow line attached to truck. M/A ‘51 p49 Undamaged truck ready to resume operations M/A ‘51 p49 Electronic data processing equipment used to identify high accident locations on state highway system. J/A ‘65 p37 Emergency first aid training Highway first aid crews, group photo. O ‘37 p14 Maintenance men illustrating first aid treatment for accident victim. O ‘37 p4 Fog; visibility on freeway with and without fog. M/J ‘65 p23 Head on collision of truck and car on highway. Aug ‘38 p9 Hole in fence along I-10 (San Bernadino Fwy.), which led to pedestrian’s death. S/O ‘48 p37 Minor collision on freeway. J/A ‘56 p12 National Safety Council poster for traffic signs. S ‘37 p18 State car in parking lot, and after being hit by pickup truck on Rt. 99. M/J ‘61 i.cvr Stop signs, cross-road warning signs at site of accident (Alameda Co.). S/O ‘47 p8 Traffic accident on unidentified stretch of highway. Apr ‘39 p2 Wreckage from airplane/truck collision on state highway. F ‘42 p19 ARCHEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY Caldecott Tunnel fossils Aphelops joined together by U.C. paleontologists. J/F ‘63 p51 Hipparian jawbone and teeth sections found in tunnel bore. J/F ‘63 p50+ Pieces of leg bone of long extinct rhinoceros. J/F ‘63 p51 Place in tunnel where fossils were found. J/F ‘63 p51 Fish fossil found during excavation of Ft. Moore Hill in L.A. M/J ‘51 p46 Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History Children viewing exhibits in La Brea Hall. J/A ‘66 p15 Dinosaur bone piece kept available for children to touch. J/A ‘66 p15 Dr. Reid MacDonald, senior curator of vertebrate paleontology. J/A ‘66 p14 Imperial mastodon skeleton at the museum J/A ‘66 p15 Schoolboy with fossil vertebrate at museum exhibit. J/A ‘66 p12 Teacher and class inspecting skeleton of Antrodemus valens. J/A ‘66 p15 Placer Co., I-80 [US 40]; 30 million-year-old gravel deposits near Gold Run. M/A ‘46 p27 Tertiary-Age river channel exposed by cut banks near Gold Run. M/A ‘46 p28 San Diego Co. Batiquintos Lagoon archaeological sites Aerial view of archeological sites. M/J ‘61 p46 Batiquitos Lagoon in winter. M/J ‘61 p51 Detail of recovered artifacts. M/J ‘61 p49+ Excavation in progress. M/J ‘61 p47 Profile of pit with column sample removed. M/J ‘61 p49 Shell midden exposed by road cut. M/J ‘61 p47 Stone features of a site. M/J ‘61 p47 “Chula Vista Whale;” schoolchildren who discovered fossils. J/A ‘66 p13+ Schoolchildren and teacher excavating around find. J/A ‘66 p14 Towle Powder Mill burrstones being assembled at Sutter’s Ft. S ‘37 p16 UCLA archaeology students working at test pits site on Rt. 1 right-of-way north of Cambria (San Luis Obispo Co.). M/A ‘66 p10+ Students digging test pits, screen dirt and recovering artifacts. M/A ‘66 p11 4 California Highways and Public Works PHOTOGRAPH INDEX 1937-1967 AWARDS Abrams Award winner L.L. Funk and photogrammetry exhibit. M/J ‘59 p14 ASCE engineering award [I-80, trans-Sierra route] Official party at plaque dedication with 1927 Stutz Blackhawk. J/A ‘66 p16 ASCE “7 Civil Engineering Wonders” of U.S. award for Bay Bridge. M/A ‘58 p23 Bartlett (George S.) Award inscribed to Charles H Purcell. J/F ‘45 p7 “Boneroo Stag” awards [best contracts] N/D ‘52 p48; M/J ‘53 p64; J/F ‘54 p37; M/J ‘54 p30; M/J ‘56 p49; J/A ‘57 p25; J/A ‘58 p48; M/A ‘60 p62 Bridge awards; display of prize-winning bridges 1964 on exhibit at PW Building. N/D ‘64 p57 Employee-related Awards Merit Award recipients J/F ‘51 P37; S/O ‘51 p55; J/F ‘51 p57 Safety Awards Alan S. Hart receiving award for best accident prevention, Dist. 3. J/A ‘59 p38 Gov. Warren presenting traffic safety awards. J/A ‘53 p3 Superior accomplishment award being presented to Jack Snell J/A ‘66 p32 25-year-service award presented to Fred J. Grumm N/D ‘52 p38 25-year-service award recipients and PW officials, group photo S/O ‘51 p62 Governor’s Design Award certificates [transportation]. J/F ‘67 p37 Hewes (Dr. L.I.) Award. S/O ‘54 p33; M/A ‘62 p8; J/A ‘64 p19 Highway Research Board Award [best paper] recipients. J/F ‘58 p60 Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) Award M/J ‘49 p33; S/O ‘60 p63 Landscaping Award; first place trophy for L.A. freeway plantings. J/F ‘54 p37 McDonald (Thomas H.) Award [AASHO]. J/F ‘59 p21 National Safety Council Traffic Safety Awards J/A ‘48 p11; J/A ‘62 p20; S/O ‘64 p60 PARADE Magazine Scenic Highway Award J. C Womack accepting PARADE Scenic Highway award. M/A ‘66 p33 Local officials with PARADE award before Div. of Hwys. exhibit. M/A ‘66 p34 Posing for press photos with PARADE award plaque. M/A ‘66 p35 BRIDGES Accidents, bridges and general Accident caused by ineffective rails. S/O ‘45 p12 Damage to bridge caused by two vehicles attempting to pass. S/O ‘45 p11 Truck trailer causes collapse of bridge across Rio Hondo. N/D ‘45 p33 Truss span over Woods Cr. demolished by truck. Mar ‘38 p4 Arch bridge, 1940s J/A ‘44 p13 Bridges needing improvement/replacement, general Bridge unable to carry legal load because of light design; J/A ‘44 p14 Bridge typical of many structures in need of replacement. M/A ‘47 p2 Bridges needing improvement, Dist. 3. Aug ‘38 p1 Decay in bents of timber overhead structure (note deck settlement). D ‘40 p3 Disintegration of beam due to defect in expansion detail. D ‘40 p3 Emergency repairs to antiquated wooden structures. F ‘38 p15 Light, narrow bridge posted and likely to collapse. D ‘40 p2 “Must replace” bridge which is weak and structurally unsound. J/A ‘44 p14 One-way timber suspension span reinforced by additional hangers. D ‘40 p3 Serious cracking in girder span due to inadequate expansion detail. D ‘40 p2 Support piles weakened by marine borers. D ‘40 p2 Timber truss bridge which collapsed under truck and trailer. D ‘40 p1 Type of bridge on which loads must soon be restricted.