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Title
Telephone strike hits southland affecting 7,000
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph also used in article dated April 7, 1947.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated January 11, 1946 reads, "Despite the picket lines which were formed early today, the "hello girl" is still on her job in Los Angeles. Service remains normal as 10,000 operators walked through lines." Note: Pictured is a woman identified as Mrs. Anita Kent, City Hall telephone operator.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 19 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095938
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 102.
CARL0005060231
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33295
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Strikes and lockouts--Telephone companies--California--Los Angeles
Municipal officials and employees--California--Los Angeles
Telephone companies--California--Los Angeles
Telephone operators--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Silhouettes
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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