Ron Kovic leading disabled veterans out of the Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1974

Item Overview

Title: Ron Kovic leading disabled veterans out of the Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif., 1974
Photographer: Montney, Cal
Date Created: March 3, 1974
Date: 1974-03-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Caption: END OF A BATTLE--Disabled veterans led by paraplegic Ron Kovic, left, leave Wilshire Blvd. Federal Building. Protesters terminated hunger strike and 19-day occupation of Sen. Alan Cranston's offices after VA Director Donald M. Johnson met with them and listened to their complaints.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Kovic, Ron
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Veterans' hospitals--California--Los Angeles County
Disabled veterans--California--Los Angeles County
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--California
Lifestyle
Veterans--Medical care--California
People
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles County
Men--Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles--1970-1980

Find This Item

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b727_276869F-1
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002psgg
Manifest url

Access Condition

Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights contact: 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
Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country: US
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .