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Inspector holds metal rod meant to derail street car, Los Angeles, 1934

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.
Date:
[circa November, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Inspector holds metal rod meant to derail street car, Los Angeles, 1934

Striking Red Car workers in front of the Pacific Electric building approaching a street car, Los Angeles, 1919

Description:
Street railroad strikers gathered beside a street car in front of the Pacific Electric building at Main Street and 6th Street. Photograph appears with the article "OPEN SHOP STANDS FAST IN SECOND SEVERE TEST: 1919, Next Only to 1910 as Crucial Period in Long War, Sees Many Strikes, Much Violence," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1929: 1, 9.
Date:
August 1919
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Striking Red Car workers in front of the Pacific Electric building approaching a street car, Los Angeles, 1919

Clarence Townsend and Kenneth L. Mayes, striking street car operators, accused of purchasing dynamite, Los Angeles, 1934.

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times articles “Dynamiting Case Heard; Witness Tells of Purchase; Asserted Statements Which Accuse Strike Leaders Read Into Record,” 15, Dec. 1934: A1, and “Trolley Strike Case Up; Ex-Conductor, Accused of Conspiracy to Use Dynamite Gets Hearing Today,” 21, Jan. 1935: A1, and “Car Striker Convicted: One Defendant in Dynamite Case Found Guilty and Other Acquitted,” 27, Mar. 1935: A1.
Date:
Dec. 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Clarence Townsend and Kenneth L. Mayes, striking street car operators, accused of purchasing dynamite, Los Angeles, 1934.

Thousands gather amid Los Angeles Railway union strike on 7th street, Los Angeles, 1934

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.
Date:
November 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Thousands gather amid Los Angeles Railway union strike on 7th street, Los Angeles, 1934

Attempted street car derailment on 7th and Los Angeles, 1934

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.
Date:
November 28, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attempted street car derailment on 7th and Los Angeles, 1934