Riders peer into a Pacific Electric Red Car for Hollywood Blvd/Gardner with no hope of boarding the overcrowded train. The crowding is due to a walkout. Photo caption reads: "Angelenos jam Pacific Electric Red Cars. While 'Yellow Line' wheels are silenced by strike, P.E. trains are now packed to capacity". Photo dated: May 8, 1946.
Pacific Electric Railway Company Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles Local transit--California--Los Angeles Local transit--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Urban transportation--Passenger traffic Strikes and lockouts--Electric railroads Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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