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Protesting farmers rally tractors at Federal Building in West Los Angeles, Calif., 1977

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Title: Protesting farmers rally tractors at Federal Building in West Los Angeles, Calif., 1977
Contributor: Hodge, Bill
Date Created and/or Issued: October 23, 1977
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) 825-2875
Description: OFF THE FARM--Farmers from Imperial Valley rally 60 tractors at Federal Building in West Los Angeles to protest the proposed 160-acre limitation on farm holdings. They later paraded to Century City, where President Carter spoke to $1,000-a-plate dinner at Century Plaza Hotel.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b887_286430B-1
ark:/21198/zz0002r4vw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Farmers--California--Imperial Valley--Political activity
Family farms--Law and legislation--United States--Public opinion
Acreage allotments--Law and legislation--United States--Public opinion
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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