A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

1934 Spokane Daily News
1934 Spokane Daily News

Waiters outside the Hollywood Brown Derby – on strike in 1934:

Hollywood waiters at the Brown Derby Strike

A night view in Hollywood some thirty years later… You can see the Brown Derby’s neon sign glowing on the right:

Ralph Morris, photographer. !960 view down Hollywood Blvd.
Ralph Morris, photographer.

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4 Comments

  1. December 12, 2012

    Was the strike successful or did they give in and go back to work?

    • December 12, 2012

      After a lot of legal back and forth – including an injunction filed against the strikers by management – the strike ended in June with a minor pay increase.

  2. December 13, 2012

    A great little bit of history, and the last image by Mr. Morris is exquisite!

    • December 13, 2012

      My brain is a sieve these (holi) days — but if I didn’t mention it before Ralph Morris was a photojournalist working in LA from the 1930s through the 1970s. Great photographer.

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