Mrs. Runyan and others demand sewers for homes

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Photograph caption:
Sun Valley women protested that cesspools are a menace and inconvenience.

Article partially reads:
Ten women picketed Van Nuys City Hall for four hours Tuesday in a demand for immediate installation of sewers in a Sun Valley housing tract...A woman on crutches, Mrs. Anne Runyon, 8438 Nagle Ave., was among the pickets. She said she injured her leg after slipping in front of her house where sewage had overflowed onto the sidewalk.

Photographer: George Brich, Valley Times Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Photograph dated May 24, 1963

Slipstream

Women in action. Another great photo George!

Photography

Thank you for your comment.
George

Evangel

Times change, governments change, but injustices will always be met with resistance. Love this photo and the protest signs!

Photography

Many thanks for your response to my photo.
George

Well Street

I can't imagine how disgusted I'd feel after slipping in sewage. There wouldn't be enough showers to feel clean.