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"White Wings" under police protection (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Dave Conner said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

• Dave Conner said:

  Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

• parkermulligan said:

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

• Wystan said:

  No, the date on the edge of Bain's negative is November 13, 1911.

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for the additional information. We'll add it to the description next time we update.

"White Wings" who have not struck (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 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...