labor union

Sept. 21-25, 1942

Photograph. Description: Title: 43rd. Annual Convention California State Federation of Labor Minucipal Auditorium Long Beach Sept. 21 - 25, 1942. See title. Shows men and women delegates...

Sept. 21-25, 1942

Photograph. Description: See References/Remarks below. Good condition; rolled image has been partially crushed, resulting in repeated creases on bottom edge. References/Remarks: "43rd Annual...

ca. 1900

"The Woodmen, 1899". Photograph. Description: The Woodmen of the World, Oakland Branch. Building erected in 1899. Physical description: photographic copy of an artist's rendering....

September 25 - 29, 1939

Photograph. Description: Title: 40th. Annual Convention of the California State Federation of Labor ... Sept. 25 - 29, 1939, Oakland California. See title. Shows male and female delegates...

ca. 1937

Various documents. Description: Assorted labor and political brochures, booklets, etc.

a. Booklet: "Shovels and Guns", by James Lasswell. Prepared through Labor Research Assn, 1935....

6-Jul-34

Tribune caption on the back, July 6, 1934-- "LOOK OUT- Rioters flee before onslaught of corps of officers, brandishing night sticks and shooting tear gas bombs from special guns. Strikers shown...

Jul-34

Photo shows the sidewalk in front of the hardware store where the two strikers were killed. On the sidewalk, written in chalk, "Police Murder. 2 ILA men killed- shot in the back," written several...

Jul-34

Photo shows the two men who were killed during the waterfront workers strike. The two men are laying on the sidewalk in front of a hardware store. The one man lying in the middle of the sidewalk...

4-Jul-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, July 4, 1934-- "...mounted police escorting rioter to jail after charging mob obstruction truck movement." Photo shows a man wearing jeans, a short jacket,...

11-May-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, May 11, 1934-- "These scenes, taken along the San Francisco Embarcadero, shows mobs running here and there, both in flight and in pursuit, as the 'fortunes of...

4-Jul-34

Oakland Tribune clipping on the back, July 4, 1934-- "Police with clubs and guns charge mob (upper right) to clear way for first trucks moved from San Francisco's piers in 56 days of...

6-Jul-34

The caption on the back, July 6, 1934-- "Warfare in which no quarter was given or taken raged in the strife-torn Embarcadero area as 6000 strikers clashed repeatedly with 700 police armed with...

July 13-18, 1934

Handwritten on the back, "Strike, San Francisco, Calif." Photo shows a large crowd walking down a sidewalk in San Francisco. In the background is the Ferry Building. The crowd is walking down a...

Jul-34

Tribune caption on the back, September 8, 1991-- "Striking workers in 1934 halted streetcar and bus services, forcing commuters to pack trains." Photo shows a large group of men and women waiting...

Jul-34

Tribune caption on the back, July 18, 1934-- "Even while city and county officials and National Guardsmen (upper) were conferring today over means of bringing supplies in to the Eastbay, food...

Dec-46

Handwritten on the back, "Negro who came out of Kahns being escorted to safety after strikers struck him. L to R- 1. Patrolman Marion Reeves, 2. Negro porter who arrived that day from New York...

5-Dec-46

Tribune caption on the back, Dec. 5, 1946-- "Passersby are shown going to the aid of an unidentified woman who fainted near the 16th Street entrance to Kahn's store during the AFL general strike...

5-Dec-46

Tribune caption on the back, Dec. 5, 1946-- "Angry pickets chase Lieut. Douglas Mortensen, Mesa, Ariz., after he had unsuccessfully attempted to get his wife, a British war bride, out of Kahn's...

Dec-46

Handwritten on the back, "Two gals escorted by pickets yesterday's shot." Photo shows two woman, both smiling, as they walk together surrounded by striking men. The woman on the left is wearing...

Dec-46

Handwritten on the back of the photo, "Newton Selvidge, 4541 Overland, Richmond. Key System employee injured by O.P.D. motorcycle." Photo shows part of an ambulance with several policemen...

Jun-34

Photo shows a large crowd of both men and women standing in front of the Oakland Auditorium (Kaiser Convention Center next door to the Museum). They appear to be standing around in the parking...

Jun-34

Photo shows a crowd of people standing outside the Oakland Auditorium (Kaiser Convention Center next to the Museum). Some people are sitting on the steps and others are standing around. In the...

3-Dec-46

Typed at the bottom of the photo, "(FX2) Oakland, Calif., Dec. 3-- STREET BLOCKED IN AFL WALKOUT-- Pickets mass in front of entrance to Kahn's Department store (left, center) and with curious...

3-Dec-46

Typed paper attached to the back, "Associated Press Photo from San Francisco. Caution use credit. STREET BLOCKED IN AFL WALKOUT. Pickets mass in front of entrance to Kahn's Department store (...

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