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San Jose near Rousseau Nov 15, 1928
Mayor James Rolph at the controls, Fred Meyer of DPW, Supervisors Roncovieri, Gallagher, Suhr, Todd. Rolph could not start the steam shovel to turn the first dirt and end up using a spade.[Bernal cut groundbreaking (Rolph) dpwbook43 dpwA1547]
DPW Horace Chaffee (SF Department of Public Works / Courtesy of a Private Collector)
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