Dorothea Lange, Migratory field worker picking cotton in San
Joaquin Valley, California, 1938
Courtesy of Library of Congress
As this photograph reminds us, it is the toil of
California’s citizens, residents, and migrants that has made our state’s
economy the largest in the nation. This Labor Day we celebrate the work of
Californians with images of prior Labor Day celebrations, some predictable,
others not so.
Labor Day Parade, c.
1919
Courtesy of Coalinga
Huron Library District
Labor Day
Tree-planting Project, 1928
Courtesy of University of California, Davis
© University of
California Regents
Downtown Labor Day
Parade, 1936
Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library
American Indians
Actors on Float in Los Angeles Labor Day Parade, 1937
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library
© University of California Regents
Nursery School
Children during Labor Day Celebration, Tule Lake War Internment Camp, 1942
Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
Our Pledge, Labor
Day, Sept. 7, 1942
Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
One-fifth Scale Model
of the Air Force Titan III Deep Space Probe Booster, Sun Valley Patriotic
Rally, Labor Day, 1963
Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library
200,000 Celebrate
Labor Day at Venice Beach, 1982
Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library
Orange County
Cruisin’ Association’s Great Labor Day Cruise and Picnic, 1983
Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library
Shelly Kale
Publications
and Strategic Projects Manager
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