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Title
Woman employed by SERA cuts clothing patterns, Los Angeles, circa 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1934]
1934
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Woman employed by State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) cuts shirt patterns. In the 1930s, SERA started fifteen work projects in Los Angeles for unemployed men and women. SERA created approximately 1008 jobs for women, including office and sewing jobs.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Unemployment relief SERA.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Sera - unemployed relief; In pencil: "Unemployed"
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002547bh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Economy
Government
New Deal, 1933-1939--California--Los Angeles County
Unemployed--California--Los Angeles
California. Emergency Relief Administration
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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