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Title: On guard at the waterfront
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Standing on guard at the waterfront in the maritime strike at the Los Angeles harbor, policeman are pictured in front of the temporary shelter they have built. The officers, G.A. Evans (left), and W.A. Ellenson have named the shelter Pelican Inn and decorated its sides with humorous signs reading "Room for rent", "24-hour service" and others. Ships can be seen anchored in the background.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00036616
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5162.
CARL0000039399
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11549
Subject: Stevedores (San Pedro, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Strikes and lockouts--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Shipping--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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