Hermosillo, Mexico / Road Building in Los Angeles, California / Streams and Lakes Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men sitting and walking on veranda - view of roof-tops of town from high point - walled garden through archway - man, woman, and child on veranda [Moeinode Camou Hacienda], town, mountain in background - cathedral spires - group of Mexicans pose, buildings in background - tomb, wreaths at base, boy poses - old gateway to mission, modern buildings behind old wall - bells in cathedral tower ringing - street, pedestrian traffic - group in street poses - shady park walk, pedestrian traffic - ruins, wall with arched entryway - man in front of building shows tree. [1920] b. Piles of dirt and rock, men using hand shovels - huge concrete mixer - workers at base of mixer - workers guide pouring spout of mixer, pour concrete on prepared bed, worker with shovel leveling concrete - leveling concrete - leveling and smoothing concrete - man and two women look out over road from promontory - road through hills, automobile traffic - views along highway from car - automobile driven along mountain road, driver waves. [1920] c. Views of wooded lake shore from boat, dead trees in water - lake from above - dam from lake side - river below dam, with farms along bottom - various views of streams and lakes, automobile on country road, house and fields. [1920]
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