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Unloading sacks of cargo onto a cart, 1963

 Item — Oversize-box: 1, photograph: 13A

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection comprises images of rural California migrant workers and their families; Salinas lettuce strike; shantytowns in Sacramento; waterfront docks and longshoremen in San Francisco (including several of Harry Bridges); Pomo Indians; Mare Island shipyards and workers; Heart Mountain Japanese internment camp; civil rights marches; children from government program Head Start; San Francisco State College faculty; Jack London's house in Glen Ellen; Fort Ross; Lee Goldblatt and John Nixon wedding; New York City, including the New York Stock Exchange; World War II soldiers and sailors; Pacific Maritime Association; one photo each of Monterey County fishermen, Vietnam War protest, and the American Nazi Party in New Jersey. Collection contains portraits of singer Odetta, architect Timothy Pflueger, artist Hermann Volz, industrialist Henry Kaiser, Tom Mooney in jail, Jack London's wife, Charmian, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and photographer Imogen Cunningham participating in a civil rights march. Collection also includes self-portraits of Mieth and Hagel.

Dates

  • 1963

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.95 Cubic Feet (5 oversize boxes)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571