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Title: Metal rods intended to derail street cars, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa November, 1934]
1934-11
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
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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. Members of the Los Angeles Railway Employees Association replaced strikers.
Two metal rods are shown, one held by an unidentified man and the other wedged in the rail. They were placed there to purposely derail the oncoming car.
Text from negative sleeve: Street Car Strike L.A. 1934 Duke L.A. Ry Strike 6546
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14486
ark:/21198/zz002j832s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Street railroad strikes--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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