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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18. A long line of men, and one woman, waiting to register with the Los Angeles County Bureau of Employment Stabilization, which was hiring day laborers for various construction projects around the county. Text from negative sleeve: United States Reconstruction Finance Corp. Griffith Park Road Building
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4079 ark:/21198/zz002cpt1q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Economic & Social Conditions--California--Los Angeles Laborers--California--Los Angeles Depressions--California--Los Angeles Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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