Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated March 11, 1982 reads, "Fifty white shovels in a triangular "graveyard formation" on the First Street City Hall lawn gave mute testimony yesterday of an artist group's call for a nuclear weapons freeze. The design, according to artist Marguerite Elliot, was a response to Reagan administration statements that "all you need to survive a nuclear war is enough shovels to go around." She said the protest is part of a series of artist events scheduled between now and Hiroshima Day, Aug. 6, sponsored by L.A. Artists for Survival, an arm of the Southern California Alliance for Survival."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 33 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) Alliance for Survival Antinuclear movement--California--Los Angeles Protest movements--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles City halls--California--Los Angeles Banners--California--Los Angeles Shovels--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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