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1935

 

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"Group of women activists holding protest posters and an American flag, being directed by policemen, at an unidentified location" is mostly right

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    The descriptions are a bit mixed up - this is the photo with the American flag and the policeman.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Outside the British Embassy in Washington according to this photo showing similar placards.
  • Willem said:
    Well-dressed ladies, like the Suffragettes.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Here's a photo of the British Embassy at the time, at 1300 Connecticut Ave.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Streetview - looks a bit different now.

Angleterre Suffragette

from George Eastman Museum

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Lauren said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Historic Heroines, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Copper Kettle said:
    Английская суфражистка
  • Copper Kettle said:
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:British_suffragette.jpg?...
  • wooden planes said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called DIG-Equality, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Paul Jackson said:
    This was taken in Trafalgar Square probably just in front of the South African Embassy (South Africa House). The building in the upper right is still standing. The Strand would be immediately to the left and Whitehall behind the approaching (No 8?) bus. Here is a shot of South Africa House in the 1920s

May Day '13, strikers in Union Square (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • mk30 said:
    does anyone have translations of the hebrew or italian signs?
  • red1pix said:
    The Italian sign on the left is a demand for a trade union closed shop. Literally: "We ask that the shops are occupied only by unionists." The signs with Hebrew letters are likely to be in Yiddish - that was the language of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the US. Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters, in the same way that English is written in "Roman" letters. The one on the left has an English message on its other visible side which looks like it is probably something along the lines of "We demand closed shops and open doors", judging by the message on the Italian sign.
  • red1pix said:
    This is a lovely set of pics - big thanks to the Library of Congress for putting them up here. But I'd have thought the LoC might have access to some translation service or researchers with language skills... it's a pity if it doesn't.
  • red1pix said:
    I think the other Italian sign might be something like: "Down with the spies and those who have sold out to the bosses/been bought by the bosses." But it would be good to hear from someone who actually speaks Italian...
  • red1pix said:
    OK, last guess for today: the Yiddish sign at the back could well be calling for an eight-hour day. That would be the likeliest reason for a big number 8 on a strikers' placard in 1913. Come on Yiddish and Italian speakers - we need you! And a happy May Day 2009 to workers of all countries and languages!

Dog with election sign on his back, 1935

from State Library of Queensland