Finding aid to the James B. Case slides of highway construction in California PC 039

Jaime Henderson, 2019

California Historical Society

May 2019

678 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: California Historical Society

Title: James B. Case slides of highway construction in California

Creator: Case, James B.

Identifier/Call Number: PC 039

Physical Description: 1 folder (102 color Kodachrome transparency slides)

Date (inclusive): 1949-1953

Abstract: Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B. Case between 1949 and 1953. Case worked for the California Department of Transportation when taking many of these photographs.

Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James C. Case, 2019.

Biographical / Historical

James B. Case trained at Fort Ord army base in Monterey County, California in the early 1950s. Between 1949 and 1953 he worked for the California Department of Transportation, constructing and photographing highways throughout California.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item, date]; James B. Case slides of highway construction in California, PC 039; [box number, folder number]; California Historical Society.

Scope and Contents

Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B. Case between 1949 and 1953. Case worked for the California Department of Transportation when taking many of these photographs. The bulk of the collection shows the construction and completion of the Hollywood Freeway and the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles and the Bayshore Freeway in the San Francisco Bay Area. A selection of images depict the final stages of construction of the Four Level Interchange in Los Angeles. This interchange connects the Hollywood Freeway, Harbor Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, and Arroyo Seco Parkway, and is the first four level interchange to be constructed in the world.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by James B. Case, the Creator of this collection, were relinquished and transferred to the public domain in April 2019 by James C. Case. These materials are governed by a Creative Commons CCO license, which permits publication and reproduction of materials accompanied by full attribution. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arroyo Seco Parkway (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Fort Ord (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Humboldt County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Interstate 5 (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Interstate 110 (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Military education -- Pictorial works

Monterey County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Orick (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Roads -- Design and construction -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Pictorial works

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

State Route 110 (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

United States Highway 101 (Calif.) -- Pictorial works