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Title
Striking workers at W.P.A. work site in Los Angeles, Calif., 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
March 3, 1936
1936-03-03
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
Quote from newspaper article: "Stone-hurling agitators completely paralyzed a Works Progress Administration job yesterday were more than 2,500 former dole-recipients were being given work. The picture shows idle workers at Higuera Street and Moynier Lane during an official parley."
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b11_N3873
ark:/21198/zz0002r6p8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939--California--Los Angeles County
Strikes and lockouts--Construction workers--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
Construction workers--California--Los Angeles County
United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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