The New Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel Following Opening Ceremonies, Los Angeles, 1930

Sept. 27, 1930: Following opening ceremonies, a procession of cars, horses, and wagons proceeds south through the new Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel. After eight years of construction, the new tunnel connected the San Fernando Valley with West Los Angeles.

In an article the next day, the Los Angeles Times reported, “Leading a three-mile procession of Indians, Mexicans, Spaniards and other pioneers of the Southwest, who came by thousands in ox carts, covered wagons and on gaily caparisoned horses, Mayor [John] Porter yesterday turned a golden key and opened wide the gates of Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, the new thoroughfare through the Santa Monica Mountains which links San Fernando Valley with the beaches and West Los Angeles.”