General Electric

Documents 1946 electrical workers' strike at the General Electric plant in Philadelphia. Most images show the interaction between police, picketers, strike sympathizers, and workers. Depicts crowds attending meetings, strike negotiations, judicial proceedings, and strike settlement. Focus is...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1946
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300 |a 103 photoprints : silver gelatin; 1 photoprint 11"x 17" or smaller 
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520 |a Documents 1946 electrical workers' strike at the General Electric plant in Philadelphia. Most images show the interaction between police, picketers, strike sympathizers, and workers. Depicts crowds attending meetings, strike negotiations, judicial proceedings, and strike settlement. Focus is on riots and riot control, and the arrest and release of picketing workers. Illustrates the controversy over strikers marching in a parade. Includes views of Reyburn Plaza during a protest by strike sympathizers against the police use of force. Some images depict the plant exterior at 69th and Chestnut Streets. Also contains a view of Westinghouse pickets in Pittsburgh. In addition, the tug of war team is portrayed. 
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