Metal rods intended to derail street cars, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title
Metal rods intended to derail street cars, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created
[circa November, 1934]
Date
1934-11
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
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.
Two metal rods are shown, one held by an unidentified man and the other wedged in the rail. They were placed there to purposely derail the oncoming car.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: Street Car Strike L.A. 1934 Duke L.A. Ry Strike 6546

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Street railroad strikes--California--Los Angeles

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier
uclamss_1429_14486
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002j832s
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Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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License
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