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. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the headline, “Police Hurl Tear Gas to Break Up Wild Strike Riot at Seventh and Broadway,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1934: 3. Strikers and protesters running away from tear gas sprayed by officers on 7th and Broadway. This photograph appears with the headline, “Police Hurl Tear Gas to Break Up Wild Strike Riot at Seventh and Broadway,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1934: 3. In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions. Text from negative sleeve: 6546 – L. A. Ry Strike 1934 LA Ry Strike, 1934
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14470 ark:/21198/zz002j82h1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crowds--California--Downtown Los Angeles Strikes--California--Los Angeles Railroad strikes--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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