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Title
Picketers at shirt factory
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection;
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1943
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.; Published on page 58 of Shades of L.A. New York : The New Press, c1996.
Della Ortega was born in North Hollywood in 1920 and Ramona Frias was born in 1927 in San Fernando. Both sisters’ maiden names were Fonseca. They grew up in the Great Depression and were reliant upon their mother and brother for fiscal support after their parents divorced in 1935. Because of financial struggles Della was unable to graduate high school, but Ramona was able to graduate in 1946. Della met her husband in 1937 and Ramona met hers in 1948. The whole family save for Ramona worked in War Defense plants such as Lockheid during WWII. Both Ramona and Della worked in sewing factories. Della also worked for the election board to help put elections on.
Rosie, left, age 19, and Ramona, age 17, protest the lack of a union during a strike outside the Barenveld Shirt Factory in San Fernando.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 15 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00002239
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Mexican American Community;
S-002-120 120
CARL0005001120
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/80768
Subject
Barenveld Shirt Factory
Labor disputes--California--San Fernando
Clothing workers--California--San Fernando
Picketing--California--San Fernando
Strikes and lockouts--California--San Fernando
Signs and signboards--California--San Fernando
San Fernando (Calif.)
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Shades of L.A. Mexican American photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1941-1950
Source
Frias, Ramona.

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