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men's, not man's. Also, "Longshoremen's" is one word.

Herz's ticket office appears in this photo as well: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163152033/ Could it possibly be that during the strike labourers sought casual work elsewhere. In the other photo Herz is offering work in the railways. Horizontal mobility in the transport sector?

This does not look like a suburban location. I believe it is a rural location. It was not unusual for rural cottages to have picket fences. The fence to the right and left of the picket fence is a strained wire fence with corner straining posts cut from tree trunks, and the other fence posts of the wire fence are split from trunks, probably hardwood. The wire fence at right has chicken wire strung across the lower half of the fence, although this is not of itself a sign of a rural location. The fact that there are no other residences visible in the photograph does signify a rural location.

This photograph shows three men, a young boy, and a younger girl. Two of the men can be identified in the following photograph which also shows three men, a young boy and a younger girl. It was probably taken on the same day: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3093483387/

great shot

The house shows two fireplaces. I suppose one for the living room,or parlor,and the other for the kitchen or perhaps a bedroom. The house has a gutter system.I see no lightning rods. It looks like the house is brick.The cover over the porch is something new to me.It seems to be of somekind of tin or canvas. The cover extends way past the end of the house? Wonderful old pictures. Thank you.

Ol'redneckbassfisherman - We call that material over the porch "Corrugated iron". It is corrugated galvanised iron. It is still a common building material in Australia. It is thin, like tin, about 2mm to 3 mm thickness. The whole of the roof of the house shown is covered in corrugated iron sheets. The sections over the porch are bent into a partially curved and partially stright section called a "bullnose". You can read a bit more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_galvanised_iron See examples of it here: images.google.com.au/images?um=1&hl=en&q=corrugat... And get a good idea of bullnose corrugated iron here: images.google.com.au/images?um=1&hl=en&q=bullnose... Here is a particularly good example of a piece of bullnose roofing: images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bullnoseroo...

Is it from this battle? From Wikipedia -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House

The Great Reunion, Gettysburg, July 1913:
www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/reunion13.htm

During the reunion, there was a reenactment of Pickett's Charge. This photograph was taken either just before or just after the reenactment at Bloody Angle on July 3, 1913.

See a photograph of the same location taken from a slightly different view, with the bearded Confederate veteran standing beside the Stars and Bars. See here:

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3641565376/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Thanks for the additional information here. We'll correct the title, and include the date and event next time we update.