labormovement

this picture is really classic, and shows what it was really like in Hollywood back in the day.

That's labor leader William D. "Big Bill" Haywood in the middle: www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haywood/HAY_BHA... I'm pretty sure this is from the Paterson New Jersey Silk Strike in 1913. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Silk_Strike_of_1913

I checked the 1910 Paterson census and there was an Albert McBrier who was an undertaker and some Kitays who owned a clothing store in Paterson, so it's definitely the Paterson Strike.

The strike took place between February 1 and July 28, 1913. (see Wikipedia entry)

I wrote a brief article on Haywood and used this image as an illustration. susanbarsy.com/2012/10/06/big-bill-haywood/

This looks like East 14th Street in Manhattan with the Dewey Theatre visible. cinematreasures.org/theater/21704/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

November 8 - November 11, 1911 New York City Garbage Strike

Italiangerry: Thanks for spotting the theater name; the Dewey makes sense, since City Theatre is across the street. ParkerMulligan: Thanks for connecting this photo and the 6 others in the series to the specific garbage strike and date span.

According to NYTimes obit (see link below), Adolph Lessig "gained nationwide publicity during the silk strike of 1913 when he led the strike as the business agent of the International Workers of the World." He was associated with William Haywood, a famous labor leader. (Where are all the silk workers now? What did they do then?) select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0614FB3A59107A... Lessig&st=cse

Article about the strike, July 7, 1913: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03E7DB153FE6...

great great portrait.

I started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Lessig

appears to be taken on the same occasion as this Bain Collection photo:

Big Bill Haywood, the labor leader, is tagged in another LoC/Flickr photo, see tags above. "The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), under the leadership of William D. "Big Bill" Haywood, advocated a confrontational strategy that embraced violent tactics if necessary to win strikes, mobilize public opinion, or exact revenge for capitalist crimes. The "Wobblies," as they were known, were a small percentage of the Socialist movement, but they had an influence out of proportion to their numbers." (from Lewis I Gould: Four Hats in the Ring, the 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics, pg 108).

Big Bill in action, in another Bain Collection photo: