A. H. Peterson, secretary of the San Pedro branch of the International Longshoremen Association, San Pedro, 1934

Title: A. H. Peterson, secretary of the San Pedro branch of the International Longshoremen Association, San Pedro, 1934
Date Created: [1934]
Date: 1934
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Union organizer A. H. Peterson, secretary of the San Pedro branch of the International Longshoremen Association.
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike lasted for 83 days, involved workers in ports from San Pedro to Seattle. It was at times violent and in the end it resulted in the unionization of all the West Coast ports in the United States.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Peterson, A.H.; International Longshoremens Union, 1934; Sec'y of San Pedro branch of Int'l Longshoremen Assoc.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
portraits
news photographs
Names: Peterson, A. H., (Union organizer)
International Longshoremen's Association
Location: San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Labor leaders--California--Los Angeles
Labor unions--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11237
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h97m1
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