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1930 0128.06 ROCK MAP

This map shows the street configuration in the 20’s and 30’s and the extent of the park. Much of this area is now Edison’s power line right-of-way. (ERVHS)

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On the route to Pasadena in their 1926 Nash, these women stop to enjoy the view. Colorado Boulevard winds behind them, past the intersection with Annandale Boulevard (now Figueroa), seen at the edge of the door, across the bridge and up the hill heading for the Annandale Country Club, Sternberger’s Restaurant, and the Colorado Street Bridge. (University of Southern California Library, California Historical Society Collection)

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The story of the photograph’s travels is shown on the back. (ERVHS)

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The earliest known photograph of the Eagle Rock 1888. (ERVHS)

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This view along Figueroa Street where once the Eagle Rock creek flowed through Huntington’s Eagle Rock Park was taken from the 1955 off-ramp. In the distance is the freeway bridge and beyond it the road to Scholl Canyon dump. The Eagle Rock is diminished by the surrounding infrastructure. (ERVHS)