707 results for: Labor and Labor Unions
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Woman sewing a hat at the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company, Seattle, 1935
Polk's 1935 Seattle city directory lists the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company at 700 Republican Street, in what is now known as the South Lake Union neighborhood. The firm made men's fur felt hats. Handwritten on negative: Hats candid.Handwritten on sleeve: Hats - men's.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a…
ID Number:PI23970
Date:1935
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Striking longshoremen blocking train tracks at Pier 40, Smith Cove, Seattle, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI23998
Date:1934
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Policemen and striking longshoremen at Pier 40, Seattle, June 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24001
Date:1934
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Waterfront strike at Smith Cove, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24004
Date:1934
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Striking longshoremen with locomotive leaving Smith Cove, Seattle, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24006
Date:1934
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Truck and railroad car with cargo, Seattle, 1934
Since the latter part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1930s, they did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery. Handwritten…
ID Number:PI24029
Date:1934
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Men unloading cargo from ship, circa 1935
Since the latter part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1930s, they did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery.In this…
ID Number:PI24030
Date:Circa 1935
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Men loading boxcar at pier, circa 1935
Since the later part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1930s, the men did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery.In…
ID Number:PI24031
Date:Circa 1935
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Tear gas in Tacoma during the 1935 mill strike, June 24, 1935
In May 1935, a strike against the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company idled some 40,000 sawmill and timber workers. The workers demanded better pay and shorter working hours. The mill's owners tried to keep the mill open and called in state police and the National Guard to keep order. On June 24, the police and guardsmen used tear gas…
ID Number:PI24070
Date:1935
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Labor dispute at Pier 6, Seattle, 1938
Signs in image: [Milwaukee] Pier No. 6. Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad. Arlington Dock Co.Handwritten on negative: Seamen picket I.L.A.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - docks - Pier six.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 22, 1938.
ID Number:PI24098
Date:Filed 4/22/38