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Photographic postcard of Arthur Boose and family outside of IWW Hall, c. 1910s- early 1920s.

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  • millcityjp said:
    Boose and his family are standing in front of the Minneapolis IWW hall, which was located at 115 Nicollet Ave. The union moved into this address in 1924. Here are two other shots of the building, just to confirm: www.flickr.com/photos/higbie/3030936430/lightbox/ And here, it's the shortest building in the photo (mid-block): collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=72...
  • DJ Alperovitz said:
    this image is has been misidentified - It is of FW James P. Thompson, his wife Fellow Worker Florence Thompson and their child in front of the I.W.W. Hall at 115 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Portland, Oregon, Not dated.

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  • James said:
    When she died she left all her belongings to the Catholic Worker.
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) was a labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Flynn was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage. She joined the American Communist Party in 1936 and late in life, in 1961, became its chairwoman. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union, where she was accorded a state funeral. — Wikipedia
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #laborleader #iww #laborunion. #feminist #womensmovement #portait #americancommunist.
  • Jan Ine said:
    #ACLU en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn #laborActivist #feminists #womensrights #BirthControlActivist #womensSuffrage #AmericanSuffrage #PortlandOregon #portrait #AmericanCommunist #DiedInUSSR #IWWLeader #Early20thCenturyActivist #AmericanSuffragist #FeministActivist #HerStory #ElizabethGurleyFlynn #Born1890 #died1964 #BornInConcordNH #BornInNewHampshire #Communists #Leftists #studioPortrait

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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