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Description:: Violence erupts during the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles (Calif.).
Date:: 1943
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A worker for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant participating 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]
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses, priced at $1.69, during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
Date:: February 17, 1940
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Executive vice president of the Southern California Edison Co., W.C. Mullendore, and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter Haas, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Date:: February 22, 1940
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Volunteers decorate the Rosedale Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day, 1935. The day's festivities included parades, decorations, and live music.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A view of the Cathedral of St. Vibiana's, where John Joseph Cantwell was appointed archbishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Date:: [circa December 4, 1936]
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Easter sunrise service attended by approximately 45,000 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: March 31, 1929
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Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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