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Item 7: Police keep textile workers and strikers separated outside Merrimack Manufacturing Company, Lowell, Mass., during strike

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1950. Image depicts police lined up outside entrance to Merrimack Manufacturing Company in Lowell, Mass., during a strike around 1950. The police appear to be keeping a path open for textile workers who were not adhering to the strike; some strikers on the left can be seen yelling; another points from the right. A man stands in the doorway of the Merrimack Woolen Mill on the left photographing the scene. See also item 6 in this folder. 35.5 x 28 cm.

Dates

  • 1940-1970

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

0.44 cubic feet

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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