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Lines of people waiting to collect their checks at unemployment office in Los Angeles, Calif., 1946

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Title: Lines of people waiting to collect their checks at unemployment office in Los Angeles, Calif., 1946
Date Created and/or Issued: May 8, 1946
1946-05-08
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: MONEY-MINDED: Present-day jobless here exceed in number 1941's figure of unemployed. Each Monday at main payment office thousands are held back from 33 windows by ropes until 1 p.m., when they collect unemployment compensation.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3230_41372
ark:/21198/zz0002v828
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Insurance, Unemployment--Claimants
Welfare recipients--California--Los Angeles County
Unemployment--California--Los Angeles County
Economy
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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