Heavy traffic delays Valley motorists on way to work
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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 caption dated November 16, 1960 reads, "Cars back up on Barham boulevard approach to Hollywood Freeway." The article partially reads, "Los Angeles suffered the crippling effects of its first general transportation strike today, as 1,432 buses and streetcars stood idle in caryards surrounded by pickets...As word of the walkout flashed around Southern California, 400,000 regular MTA passengers prepared to walk, taxi, hitchhike or seek car pools to get to their destinations."; See images #00117018 through #00117019 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles Strikes and lockouts--Local transit--California--Los Angeles Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Barham Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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