H95.18.1225

1919
8 in HIGH x 10 in WIDE
(20.32 cm HIGH x 25.40 cm WIDE)
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers
H95.18.1225


Typed on the back of the photo, "Street car strike 1919. Neg.No. 2534." Handwritten, "9th & Broadway, Car no. 5, old time, all tone, Sunday Magazine June 22." A large crowd gathered at the corner of 9th and Broadway, the crowd is blocking the street so that a street cars, whose windows are covered with wire mesh, cannot get through. Several autos with police officers driving them appear to be trying to escort the street car down the street.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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