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Title
Streetcars stand idle at MTA yard as pickets with placards attesting strike in Los Angeles, Calif. ,1960
Date Created and/or Issued
November 17, 1960
1960-11-17
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
OUT OF BUSINESS-Streetcars stand idle at MTA yard at 12th Pl. and Georgia St. as pickets mill about with placards attesting that they are on strike. Transit workers walked out despite extension of a restraining order. If found to be in contempt of court, officials of the union face jail, fines.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b447_206736
ark:/21198/zz0002qxhc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Strikes and lockouts--Local transit--California--Los Angeles
Transportation
Strikes and lockouts--Transport workers--California--Los Angeles
Strikes and lockouts--Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles
Picketing--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
United Transportation Union
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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