Automobile drives through flooding on Hill St. in Los Angeles. Heavy rains plagued California throughout December 1937. Also in the photo is a Los Angeles Railway car and Hotel Latour
Related to the article, "PASSENGERS FORCED OUT: Bullet Wounds Bystander Three Patrons Injured in series of Attacks and Riots Threatened," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1934: 1
P. B. Harris (left) and J. Stuart Neary stand against a marbled wall. They both are wearing three piece suits and holding their hats in their right hands. Neary also holds a full accordion file. They both are smiling.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Car Strikers in Downtown Riot; Walkout Expected to End Today,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 1934: 1, 3.
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions. Members of the Los Angeles Railway Employees Association replaced strikers.