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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 13, 1964 reads, "This shipping room has a capacity of one million cases of beer, but only sparrows are moving in it now. The Schlitz brewery in Van Nuys resembles a ghost town today. Workers struck Monday, setting off a statewide strike, cutting the source of almost 70 per cent of beer consumed in California."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles Brewing industry--California--Los Angeles Warehouses--California--Los Angeles Beer--California--Los Angeles Breweries--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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