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Title
Hunger strike protest at the Plaza, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Protesters gather at the intersection of Plaza St. and Sanchez St. in Los Angeles. There are men and women in the crowds, and a a podium is visible. A Brunswig Drug Co. billboard is visible in the background as well as and a poster with a hammer in hand that says "WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE" that has speakers attached to it in the middle of the crowd. Another sign saying "WE WANT MILK!" is held up. In the background there is a "El Nuevo Porvenir" mexicana store and a place that is named "Academia Sanchez".
Text from negative sleeve: Hunger strike, Los Angeles, 1930
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9687
ark:/21198/zz002dhswb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Los Angeles Plaza (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hunger strikes--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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