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Lettuce packing plant, the subject of a worker's strike, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: A lettuce packing plant. A thousand lettuce workers assembled to strike in hopes of increased pay and were dispersed by police.
Date:: [circa January 9, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

PWA Project, Los Angeles, circa 1935

Description:: Unknown Public Works Administration (PWA) project with unknown workers. Part of the New Deal, most PWA spending came in 1933-1935 and then again in 1938 before being shut down in 1939.
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Construction inside Commercial Exchange Building, Downtown Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Inside the Commercial Exchange Building. Most likely related to 1935 construction that removed a 10-foot section in the middle of the building. Building was owned by the Kress House Moving Company and the work was done by architects and engineers Walker & Eisen. Building at 416 W. 8th St (corner Olive Streets), Downtown Los Angeles.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Slum sought out during a SERA housing study, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: A slum. Part of the housing study carried out by the State Emergency Relief Administration. County officials were asked to make a study of housing conditions in their city.
Date:: [circa June 17, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Women employed by SERA work with a wheelbarrow, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:: Women employed by State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) repair a wheelbarrow. In the 1930s, SERA started fifteen work projects in Los Angeles for unemployed men and women. SERA created approximately 1008 jobs for women, including office and sewing jobs.
Date:: [ca. 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Large used car lot, 1930s.

Date:: 1930-1940?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man involved in the mediation efftorts to avert a strike of Pacific Electric Railway workers, 1937

Description:: The man in the photograph is probably an official involved in the mediation efftorts to avert a strike of Pacific Electric Railway workers
Date:: [August-November, 1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Line of people outside a Chinatown restaurant, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Line of people wait to enter a Chinatown restaurant.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Row of businesses including a liquor store, a cafe, the LA I.D.A. and the Sea Pride Packing Company at night, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Row of businesses including a liquor store, a cafe, the LA I.D.A. (Industrial Development Authority?) and the Sea Pride Packing Company at night. Picture is lit by the storefront signs.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Illuminated star-shaped sign that says "LONE STAR" on the front of the Sea Pride Packing Company, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Illuminated star-shaped sign that says "LONE STAR," photographed at night. The sign is on the front of the Sea Pride Packing Company.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Rural boom town [?], California

Description:: Rural boomtown town [?] with fenced land, scattered buildings and one building under construction, with mountains in the distance
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police and strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945

Description:: Police and strikers during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Date:: October 19, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men at work at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. Circa January 2, 1936.

Description:: Men work on completing an automobile at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. The plant opened in December of 1935, and the first completed automobile rolled off the line on January 2, 1936. The plant operated until June 8, 1954.
Date:: [circa January 2, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Line of Studebaker radiator grilles, affixed with hood ornaments, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant. circa January 2, 1936.

Description:: A line of radiator grilles, affixed with Studebaker's distinctive "lark in circle" hood ornament, at Studebaker's Los Angeles assembly plant in Vernon, Ca. Studebaker's Los Angeles plant was established in December of 1935, and its first completed car rolled off the assembly line on January 2, 1936. The plant closed on June 8, 1956.
Date:: [circa January 2, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Strikers sit at a table and organize during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Strikers sit at a table and organize during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police officer addresses a crowd of strikers during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Police officer addresses a crowd of strikers during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police officers pictured with strikers during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike, Santa Monica, 1940

Description:: Police officers pictured with strikers during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Steel workers at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

Description:: Steel workers at the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Machinery in a Columbia Steel Company plant, Torrance

Description:: Metallurgical machinery in the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Machinery in a Columbia Steel Company plant, Torrance

Description:: Metallurgical machinery in the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ruins of a fire that occurred at Dura Steel Products Co., Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Ruins of a fire that occurred at Dura Steel Products Co. An electrical short circuit ignited 20 barrels of highly flammable paint thinner. The fire destroyed the plant and left approximately 100 employees without a job.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Scene from a nightclub before the patrons arrive, Hollywood, circa 1937

Description:: Scene from a Hollywood nightclub before the patrons arrive. One man smiles at the camera while another prepares the tables and a pianist and singer rehearse in the background.
Date:: [1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

Description:: Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

Description:: Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant, Torrance

Description:: Steel worker at the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Machinery in a Columbia Steel Company plant, Torrance

Description:: Metallurgical machinery in the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sailors back to work on a ship after the end of a 98-day coast maritime strike, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Sailors back to work on the ship after the end of a 98-day coast maritime strike which included longshoremen, cooks and stewards, firemen and sailors
Date:: February 5, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. The strike began when the plant allegedly began to lay off workers who were members of the Committee for Industrial Organization. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: circa February 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men marching at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Men marching in protest with signs at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Staircase at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant, the location of a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: A staircase at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men marching at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Men marching in protest with signs at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant, the location of a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: The Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant, the location of a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: The Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of street shops during the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: View of the street during the post-war Labor Day parade. A movie theater is visible. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Los Angeles Country Relief Administration workers strike due to salary cuts. The strike signs demand a 25% increase in budgets and support the unionization of workers.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Machinery in a Columbia Steel Company plant, Torrance

Description:: Metallurgical machinery in the Columbia Steel Company's plant in Torrance.
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Signs on Riverside Drive which was affected by a landslide in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, November 1937

Description:: Signs on Riverside Drive which was affected by a landslide in Elysian Park. The landslide dumped 1,500,000 tons of loose dirt and rock onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive.
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ruth Jackson, director at The Kern Ridge Oil Company, with a group of unidentified men, Los Angeles, 1941

Description:: Ruth Jackson with a group of unidentified men. This is most likely the same Ruth Jackson who was on the board of directors for the Kern Ridge Oil Company
Date:: [1941]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd outside Forbidden Palace restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Crowd stands outside of Forbidden Palace, a restaurant serving Chinese dishes and cocktails, in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Interior of a Chinatown shop, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Woman visits a shop in Chinatown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with gambling equipment confiscated during a police raid on 1019 N. Doheny Rd., Los Angeles, January 1938

Description:: Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with equipment confiscated from a police raid on the residence at 1019 North Doheny Road on the night of January 4, 1938. The house was apparently operating as a casino for two weeks before tuxedo-clad policemen infiltrated the party and confiscated gambling equipment, $1755 in cash, and arrested seven men. Almost a hundred others, including high profile film actors and producers, were found at the residence.
Date:: January 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified man speaks on stage during a meeting of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Los Angeles

Description:: Unidentified man speaks on stage during a meeting of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Firefighters walk through the ruins of a fire that occurred at Dura Steel Products Co., Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Firefighters walk through the ruins of a fire that occurred at Dura Steel Products Co. An electrical short circuit ignited 20 barrels of highly flammable paint thinner. The fire destroyed the plant and left approximately 100 employees without a job.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men at work completing an automobile at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. Circa January 2, 1936.

Description:: Men at work on completing an automobile at the Los Angeles Studebaker assembly plant in Vernon, CA. The plant opened in December of 1935, and the first completed automobile rolled off the line on January 2, 1936. The plant operated until June 8, 1954.
Date:: [circa January 2, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike, Santa Monica, 1937

Description:: Man sleeping at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant where workers participated in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Date:: [circa February 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

James J. Boyle, Rex Thomson, Lew Harwood, C.C. Talbot, and Culbert Olson stand in a field used as county food cooperative, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: J.J Boyle, Rex Thomson, Lew Harwood, C.C. Talbot, and Culbert Olson stand in a field that was to be used as a cooperative for the unemployed of Los Angeles county. Possibly included in the picture is Bruce McDaniel, general manager of Mutual Orange Distributers. Thomson served as the Chief Assistant Superintendent of Charities. Olson was the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
Date:: 1930/1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Three cooperative supporters pictured with cows, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: J.J Boyle, Rex Thomson, Lew Harwood, C.C. Talbot, and Culbert Olson visited a cooperative. Three of the men stand with cows on a field that was to be used as a cooperative for the unemployed of Los Angeles county. Possibly included in the picture is Bruce McDaniel, general manager of Mutual Orange Distributers. Thomson served as the Chief Assistant Superintendent of Charities. Olson was the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.
Date:: 1930/1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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