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Title
Hands go up! Men vote not to accept wage offer
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
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
Hands go up! Men of the transportation union vote not to accept Los Angeles Transit Lines' latest wage offer. The paralyzing transit strike hit Los Angeles as 2600 walk out, affecting nearly 1,000,000 daily riders.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00028912
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5410.
CARL0000034727
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8239
Subject
Los Angeles Transit Lines
Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles
Strikes and lockouts
Transportation--California--Los Angeles
Wage bargaining
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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