lawrence

Here is a link to the original photo we used here, if you would like to catch up on the research findings just click on the photo.

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What is going on in this photograph? Is there some event associated with it?

Based on the banners ( e.g., "They asked for bread, they received bayonets") I'm guessing this is a photo of children from the "Bread and Roses" strike that occurred in Lawrence, MA, in 1912. There's an interesting article by Joyce Kornblugh about the strike here: http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/iww/kornbluh_bread_roses.html Here's an excerpt that mentions the children from Lawrence marching in NYC: "By far the most dramatic episode of the strike involved sending the strikers' children to sympathetic families in other cities, a measure of strike relief which bad been used in Europe by French and Italian workers. About 120 children left Lawrence on February 10 and were met at the station in New York City by 5000 members of the Italian Socialist Federation and the Socialist Party singing the "Internationale" and "The Marsaillaise." The youngsters were placed in homes which had been selected by a women's committee of New York sympathizers. Margaret Sanger, later famous for her work in birth control, was one of the nurses who accompanied the children on the train to New York City. She testified before a congressional committee in March: "Out of the 119 children, only four had underwear on ... their outerwear was almost in rags . . . their coats were simply torn to shreds ... and it was the bitterest weather we have had this winter." "A few weeks later, ninety-two more children arrived in New York City and, before going to their temporary foster homes, paraded with banners down Fifth Avenue. "

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Kilkee has hardly changed over the years, the line and layout of most of the buildings is still the same,


Dohertys Terrace is on the right while the houses on the left side of the street are in Geraldine Place

Any shots of the Stella Maris in your Clare set, Ray?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons No but the next time im there i will get one!

There is lots of old pictures of Kilkee at the Clare County Library

In this series to date I would think it is fair to say that the original photographs are much better than their latter day cousins. I suppose this could be down to the professionalism of the photographers?, but I feel that the latter day men and women had to deal with a much more cluttered and busy Ireland. For instance the motor cars and the telegraph pole in particular ruin this photograph. Also notice that there has beed extensive rebuilding to the main part of the premises, the chimneys and roof seem to be new as are the bay windows.