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• 1910s
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• 1911
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• november131911

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"White Wings" who have not struck (LOC)

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• parkermulligan said:

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

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of the New York City 1911 garbage strike: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162967843/in/photostream/

• Wystan said:

  The New York City garbage strike was put down by a massive hiring of strikebreakers, but outbursts of resistance continued until the end of November, as documented by stories in The New York Times. Cleanup efforts dragged on into December. "Strikers Plead to be Taken Back" New York Times story, November 21, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A02E3DC1231E2...