Black and white image of the interior of a garment shop in downtown LA. The workers, all women, sit at sewing machines, many of which have power cords extending above them to the ceiling. There is lots of surplus fabric around and florescent lights hanging with the cords from the machines. the work stations are numbered. One woman looks over her shoulder and catches the camera's eye.

Inside a garment shop, 1977

Labor standards and working conditions in Los Angeles garment factories and the reappearance of industrial homework were frequently commented on in the daily news. Photograph from the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library. Original caption: “View inside a garment shop, located in a downtown loft building that was in violation of health and safety codes. The shop is now in compliance with health regulations, according to the Department of Health Services.” Photograph dated April 26, 1977, Link to the original.