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About UW Libraries Digital Collections Our collections feature materials from the University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Faculty and Departments, and organizations that have participated in partner projects with the UW. Collections are primarily pictorial, although some have accompanying essays and text. Other media are presented, such as newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters and maps. The emphasis of these collections is on rare and unique materials. More UW Libraries Images We invite you to browse the 90+ collections at content.lib.washington.edu . You have the option to search within one or a combination of collections, creating customized queries by keywords or phrases and by preferences such as title, subject, description, or a variety of other fields.

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Postcard of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, c. August 1927.

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  • ninigreen1 said:
    #italianimmigrants #prejudice #xenophobia #injustice #1920s #famouscourtcase #famoustrials
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #iww #internationalWorkersofrheWorld #wobblies #laborunions
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #falselycharged #unfairtrial #italianamericans #massachusetts
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #saccoVanzeti

IWW organizer Frank Little, c. 1917

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  • ninigreen1 said:
    #AnacondaMt #DiedInButteMt #violentdeath #coppermining #miningindustry #FrankLittle #victimOfViolence #died1917 #workersrights #labor
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #AnacondaCopper #killed1917

Howard Clifford running off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during collapse, Tacoma, Washington

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  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • BigBean said:
    some very dramatic footage of the disaster: www.archive.org/details/SF121
  • Walker Beach said:
    great photo. better known in the PNW as "Galloping Gurdy"... now, TNB.
  • absorbing shock said:
    In 2007 prior to the 2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge being officially opened to motor vehicles, they held a run finishing and ending on the bridge with all the participants receiving a 'I Ran the Span' T-shirt. Somebody came up with this clever T-shirt for the original I Ran the Span... [http://www.flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/4228320351/in/photostream]
  • Jose Antonio Corzo Aguas said:
    maravillosa
  • Career Flux said:
    To The University of Washington, I've published this 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' image by you in an article on my blog at the following link: www.careerflux.com/5-infamous-disasters-in-the-field-of-c... Please visit the article at the link above and see if you like it. Thanks for the nice image. Mona.

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