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Ridge Route LA to Bakersfield Postcards [147992]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 200.00 USD
Ridge Route LA to Bakersfield Postcards [147992]
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70.00USDto j******g+ buyer's premium (17.50)
This item SOLD at 2022 Dec 18 @ 12:05UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Lot of over 70 vintage postcards of the winding road up over the Grapevine from Los Angeles to Bakersfield. Castaic Valley and Lake, Tejon Pass, Grapevine Hotel, Store and Garage. The Ridge Route, officially the Castaic-Tejon Route, was a two-lane highway between Los Angeles County and Kern County, California. Opened in 1915 and paved with concrete between 1917 and 1921, the road was the first paved highway directly linking the Los Angeles Basin with the San Joaquin Valley (southern Central Valley) over the Tejon Pass and the rugged Sierra Pelona Mountains ridge south of Gorman. Much of the old road runs through the Angeles National Forest, and passes many historical landmarks, including the National Forest Inn, Reservoir Summit, Kelly's Half Way Inn, Tumble Inn, and Sandberg's Summit Hotel. North of the forest, the Ridge Route passed through Deadman's Curve before ending at Grapevine.

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Provenance: Ken Prag Collection