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[Soap box derby] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    I suspect these lads are in the line for surplus Army food. Or may be the closed box is food already purchased. See Food sale (LOC)
    The van in the other picture seems to be full of similar boxes.
  • swanq said:
    Official U.S. Bulletin, November 27, 1918 books.google.com/books?id=9w8sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA307&l... suggests that Thomas Roberts & Co. supplied canned tomatoes to the U.S. Army.
  • Art Siegel said:
    I think swanq has it. Same borax soap box/homemade cart in Food sale (LOC)

Anarchists, Union Sq., Mar 21, 1914 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    An anarchist rally in Union Square, New York City, dated by Bain as March 21, 1914. Several Bain/LOC photos of a massive Union Square anarchist-IWW-socialist rally on April 11, 1914, already have been posted on Flickr. This one shows the celebrated anarchist, Alexander Berkman, speaking:

Little Falls, Phil. Caley speaking on "Permitted" corner (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Little Falls , NY was in the news in late 1912 for a textile workers strike. This could be associated with that. See, for example, query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E1D61630E233A...
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Swang: Could be. What do you make of the speaker's last name? Caley or Calery?
  • Jarl van Hoother said:
    That chap looks like he's carrying a set of chimney sweeping rods.
  • Janet Lindenmuth said:
    There was a Phil Callery who was a socialist labor lawyer. The photo on this page: library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/ndxcallerys.html looks very much like the man speaking.
  • swanq said:
    j3net, I'd guess that you have the right guy. I was definitely looking for socialists, but can't have tried that variation on the name. Well done.