Valley unemployed queue up for extended pay benefits
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 1, 1961 partially reads, "Outside 14559 Gilmore St., Van Nuys, the lines of persons were longer than usual Monday. Queued up were persons wanting jobs and waiting for the application blanks that would bring them unemployment checks two weeks later. 'It's the first day they can apply for the 13 weeks of extended benefits,' explained Grace Harwood, manager of the Van Nuys office of the California Department of Employment."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
California.--Employment Development Department--Officials and employees Unemployment insurance claimants--California--Los Angeles Displaced workers--California--Los Angeles Unemployed--Services for--United States Unemployed--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Office buildings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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