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Title
Strike hits L.A. brewery
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
The brewery, located at 1920-2026 E. Main Street, was designed by architect John C. Austin and built between 1898 and 1908. The facility was originally occupied by the Los Angeles Brewing Co., then by Eastside Brewery, and lastly Pabst Brewing Company.
Photograph caption reads, "A lone picket parades across the entrance of the Pabst Brewing Co. plant at 1920 North Main street as workers went on a strike in wage dispute. More than 1100 men were idled when picket lines were set up around this brewery and another in Van Nuys by AFL International Union of Operating Engineers. Photograph dated September 27, 1954.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00078339
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1997
CARL0000080404
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24873
Subject
Pabst Brewing Company
Breweries--California--Los Angeles
Strikes and lockouts--Brewing industry--California--Los Angeles
Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles
Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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