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Order Number	00064049
Title	Merchant marines & Port of Los Angeles
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box Merchant Marine
Date	1946
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Photograph of two views brought together. On the bottom is a view of the Port of Los Angeles showing fisheries, ships and various buildings of the area. On the top is a group of rather expressive merchant marines outside the local office of Sailors' Union of the Pacific in Wilmington. The Sailors' Union goes back to March 6, 1885, when the Coast Seamen's Union was organized on the San Francisco waterfront by three hundred sailors who were dissatisfied by the wages and conditions. Then in 1886, the Steamship Sailors' Union was organized, which in 1891 merged with the Coast Seamen's Union to form the Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Photo dated July 15, 1946.
Subject	Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Merchant marine--United States. Merchant mariners--California--Los Angeles. Fisheries--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles). Merchant ships--California--Los Angeles. Harbors--California--Los Angeles. San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.). Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection