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In Our Path

Description

In Our Path contains two series of black-and-white photographs by Jeff Gates that chronicle the construction and impact of the I-105 Century Freeway in Los Angeles, California, between 1982 and 1983 and later from 1990 and 1995. The first set of 19 images focus primarily on the initial condemnation and relocation of houses and property in the proposed path of the freeway in the early 1980s. The later set of 27 images document the continued construction in the early 1990s and the opening of the freeway.

Each set of photographs is accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive notes by the photographer.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1982-1995
Call number
photCL 480
Creator
Gates, Jeff (1949-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Jeff Gates, 2007.
Dimensions
images 11 x 14 in., mounts 16 x 20 in.
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View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)
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