Funeral procession for longshoreman Norman "Big Bill" Gregg, San Pedro, 1937

Item Overview
- Title
- Funeral procession for longshoreman Norman "Big Bill" Gregg, San Pedro, 1937
- Date Created
- [circa May 29, 1937]
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Daily News
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
- Description
- Funeral procession for longshoreman Norman Gregg, who was known as "Big Bill." Gregg was shot by Patrolman W.H. Redding, and his death created an uproar amongst longshoremen. Traffic was blocked by demonstrations, and a shrine was constructed around the scene of the shooting.
- Caption
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Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Funeral for Norman "Big Bill" Gregg
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gregg, Norman Wm. "Big Bill"; Shooting; Funeral; Street Shrine
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Subjects
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Funeral processions--California--San Pedro
Events - Location
- San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local identifier
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uclamss_1387_14823-05
14823 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz00288qq0
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .