strikes

Hana Shimozumi (Mme. Hana Shimozumi, Mme. Hana Shimozumi Iki) (1893-1978) was a Japanese prima donna singing the role of Yum Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" with the new Gallo English Opera Company. It was scheduled to open on Labor Day, September 1, 1919 at the Shubert Theatre, New York City for two weeks before going on a tour of the United States and Canada. Hana was born in Honolulu, brought up in an American family in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University. Her vocal study was with Mrs. A.F. Bridge. –excerpted from The New York Times, [1] The Musicians and Stagehands Unions went on strike at 7:00PM, September 1, 1919, which delayed the opening of "The Mikado" for a week. When it did give it's first performance on September 8, 1919, both Hana Shimozumi and the production received a glowing review in The New York Times.  [2] [3] She later sang Fire Fly and Madame Butterfly and was a star with the San Carlos Opera Company and the Gallo English Comic Opera.   Mme. Shimozumi gave up a promising operatic career when she married Dr. G Iki (George S. Iki) (1892-1974) a surgeon, and a University of California graduate, of Sacramento. They had a daughter Marsha Y. Iki (b.1922). [4] [5] After the United States entered World War II, Hana Iki, her husband, daughter and three other family members were forcibly relocated and interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center in Newell, California in 1942. Hana was a U.S. Citizen, born in Honolulu County, Hawaii. She attended public schools in San Francisco, had never been to Japan, and didn't speak, read or write Japanese. [6]

Probably summer of 1912. The streetcars and elevated railway were on strike from mid June through August.

See the Burlington weekly free press., August 01, 1912, Page 6, col. 4: "MEN WIN STRIKE ON THE BOSTON L" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072143/1912-08-01/ed-...

There have clearly been plenty of "Buffalo strikes" from a search of the NYT. Perhaps associated with the April 1913 strike "of the motormen and conductors employed by the international Railway Company ." I think the date on the negative is 4/11/13. See NYT, April 12, 1913 BUFFALO STRIKE OFF; MAYOR BRINGS PEACE; Company Takes Back Its Men and Differences Will Be Adjusted. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E7DB1F3AE633A... The article notes that three regiments of the Fourth Brigade, National Guard had been on strike duty for three days. Does anyone know if the uniforms are right for that?

The NY State Military museum would probably know, and even be interested in this photo, however does not accept email inquiries www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/pictures/empire.htm