Image / Funeral service for longshoreman Norman "Big Bill" Gregg, San Pedro, 1937

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Title: Funeral service for longshoreman Norman "Big Bill" Gregg, San Pedro, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 29, 1937]
1937-05-29
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.
Funeral service for longshoreman Norman Gregg, who was known as "Big Bill." Gregg was shot by Patrolman W.H. Redding, and his death created an uproar amongst longshoremen. Traffic was blocked by demonstrations, and a shrine was constructed around the scene of the shooting.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gregg, Norman Wm. "Big Bill"; Shooting; Funeral; Street Shrine
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Norman "Big Bill" Gregg Funeral
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288qtj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Events
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--San Pedro
Culture
Religion
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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