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Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 17. More than 500 members of the National Maritime Union picketed the U.S. Commerce Department Building today in protest against what they said was indiscriminate issuance of seaman's certificates. Patrick D. Whalen, Chairman of the Baltimore branch of the NMU, said the marine workers had no quarrel with Secretary Hopkins but were directing their picketing against the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, a division of the Department

Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 1...

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Peace Delegates on NOORDAM -- Mrs. P. Lawrence, Jane Addams, Anna Molloy

Peace Delegates on NOORDAM -- Mrs. P. Lawrence, Jane Addams, Anna Moll...

Photograph shows the American delegates to the International Congress of Women which was held at the Hague, the Netherlands in 1915. The delegates include: feminist and peace activist Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence... More

Protest to president on Japanese silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Following a parade to the White House in protest against the Japanese silk boycott these members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers presented an Anti-Boycott Memorial to President Roosevelt. Left to right: Lillian [...]earer, Lucille Numbers, Teresa Motz, Clare Schutt, [...]ide Omlor, Ethel Gillies, 1/28/38

Protest to president on Japanese silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. ...

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News reporter before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Hungry college students brought an end to last year's "labor holiday" at Lansing, Mich. Donald W. Gardenor, Detroit Times Reporter, told the House Committee investigating Un-American affairs. Students at the Michigan State Agricultural College at East Lansing entered the picture Gardener said, when Union pickets attempted to close restaurants. The pickets, acting on behalf of the local automobile workers union, had declared a labor holiday in protest against the Sheriff's arrest of eight persons who had been picketing a trecking company, 10/22/38

News reporter before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Hu...

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WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GROUP BEFORE CAPITOL

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GROUP BEFORE CAPITOL

A large crowd of people standing around a street, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Photograph shows anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to Congress... More

Irish demonstration ... protest

Irish demonstration ... protest

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Protests textile rebels. The Emergency Committee of the United Textile Workers of American meet and file protest against textile mills refusing to obey rulings of National Textile Labor Relations board. From the left, seated: Francis J. Gorman, first Vice Pres.; Thos F. McMahon, National Pres.; James Starr, Sec-Treas.; and John A. Peel, 3rd V.P. standing, Horace A. Riviere, 4th Vice Pres.; William F. Kelly, 2nd Vice Pres.; and Joseph R. White, 5th V.P.

Protests textile rebels. The Emergency Committee of the United Textile...

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[Protesters] - Public domain demonstration photograph

[Protesters] - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Food Protest Meeting East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York

Food Protest Meeting East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New Y...

Photo shows protest led by Ida Harris, president of the Mother's Vigilance Committee, and anarchist Marie Ganz, both members of the Mothers' Anti-High Price League (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2015) Title f... More

Irish demonstration [...] protest

Irish demonstration [...] protest

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[Protesters with signs: "Johnson unfair to labor," "Reinstate Donovan," etc.]

[Protesters with signs: "Johnson unfair to labor," "Reinstate Donovan,...

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Irish demonstration [...] protest

Irish demonstration [...] protest

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[Protesters with signs: "What about 7A Johnson?," "Reinstate Donovan," etc.]

[Protesters with signs: "What about 7A Johnson?," "Reinstate Donovan,"...

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WPA workers protest relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. WPA workers from 26 states, head by David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, today protested to Assistant Administrator Aubrey Williams the recent cuts in relief. Their kicks were against the current wage scales, geographical wage differentials, inadequate number of WPA enrollees and the 'unjust and unfair' labor relations setup. Lasser is on the right and Aubrey Williams in center seated, 12/15/38

WPA workers protest relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. WPA worker...

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Italian Embassy picketed by peace-democracy group protesting seizures. Washington, D.C., April 8. Representatives of the Washington branch of the American League for Peace and Democracy took up signs today and picketed the Italian Embassy. It was a variety of long-distance picketing, however, for police kept demonstrators at a distance of 500 feet from the Embassy. The group protested Fascist and Nazi conquests and establishment of various 'protectorates' in Europe. 4-8-39

Italian Embassy picketed by peace-democracy group protesting seizures....

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[Protestors at White House gates]

[Protestors at White House gates]

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Cloak makers parade, 1916 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Cloak makers parade, 1916 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows striking members of the International Garment Workers Union protesting a lockout by the Manufacturers' Protective Association with a parade on July 6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Objects to workers. Edna Morris, who lives within a few hundred feet of the government-owned "Tugwelltown" being constructed near Washington by Rehabilitation Administration, arms herself to protect her property against what she termed the "thieving" of the workers on the project. Many people living in Maryland adjacent to the project protest the importation of about 500 transients brought in daily from the District of Columbia to work on the project. 10/15/35

Objects to workers. Edna Morris, who lives within a few hundred feet o...

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Communists arrested in attempt to picket German Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Communists attempting to picket the German Embassy today were arrested and hauled off the the Hoosegow. The group calling themselves the "Committee against Nazi intervention in Spain" protested Germany's recognition of Spainish Fascists and demanded that Germany free Lawrence Simpson, American seaman imprisoned in Germany. 113036

Communists arrested in attempt to picket German Embassy. Washington, D...

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Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members of the delegation of three hundred hosiery workers from Philadelphia who paraded to the White House today in protest against the Japanese Silk boycott present a convincing argument on why women should continue to wear silk hose, 1/28/38

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members o...

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Italian Embassy picketed by peace-democracy group protesting seizures. Washington, D.C., April 8. Representatives of the Washington branch of the American League for Peace and Democracy took up signs today and picketed the Italian Embassy. It was a variety of long-distance picketing, however, for police kept demonstrators at a distance of 500 feet from the Embassy. The group protested Fascist and Nazi conquests and establishment of various 'protectorates' in Europe. 4-8-39

Italian Embassy picketed by peace-democracy group protesting seizures....

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BELGIAN PROTEST COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

BELGIAN PROTEST COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

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President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. Photographed while appearing before a senate committee on Maritime affairs, while Curran testified that, "compulsory" use of mediation should be delayed until labor in the industry is thoroughly organized. The National Maritime Union which was created last May by a group that quit the International Seamens Union in protest against its leadership, has voted to affiliate with the CIO last night. The decision was reached after a poll of more than 20,000 unlicensed seamen who are members. 12/14/37

President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washingto...

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Protest WPA relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec .15. David Lasser, President of the Workers Alliance, and Mary Gorman, research worker for the same organization, led WPA workers from 28 states in protesting to Asst. WPA Administrator Aubry Williams the recent relief cuts, 12/15/38

Protest WPA relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec .15. David Lasser, Pres...

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Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers arriving today at Union Station today from they staged a parade to the White House as a protest against the boycott of Japanese silk. The women, three hundred strong, carried banners exhorting women to continue to wear silk hose and thus save the jobs of thousands of hosiery workers, 1/28/38

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the Americ...

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Reads protest against Government Reorganization Bill. Washington, D.C., March 28. Montana's Senator Burton K. Wheeler found his desk stacked high with telegraphic protests against the Government Reorganization Bill when he arrived at his office in the Capitol today, 3/28/38

Reads protest against Government Reorganization Bill. Washington, D.C....

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[War protesters] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[War protesters] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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BELGIAN PROTEST COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

BELGIAN PROTEST COMMITTEE - Public domain portrait photograph

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Arrives at court to protest Black's right to sit on nation's highest tribunal Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Albert Levitt, Department of Justice Attorney, arriving at the U.S. Supreme Court where he asked permission to file a formal suit challenging Black's constitutional eligibility to sit on the bench. Chief Justice Hughes instructed Levitt to file his papers with the Clerk of the Court. When it convenes next Monday the court is expected to announce whether it will hear Levitt's petition. 10/4/37

Arrives at court to protest Black's right to sit on nation's highest t...

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Withdraws amendments to labor relations law. Washington, D.C., July 30. Senator Arthur H. Vanderburg, Republican of Michigan, reads a copy of the Labor Relations Bill after withdrawing his amendments following a protest from William Green, President of the A.F.of L. Green charged that Vandenberg's amendemnts to the measure provided for an extension of regulation of unions by the government that falls little short of the example set by fascist Germany, 7/30/37

Withdraws amendments to labor relations law. Washington, D.C., July 30...

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Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Partisan League today filed a protest with the Senate against the seating of John Milton, appointed to the seat vacated by Gov. A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. In the photograph, left to right: Louis Friday, Clerk to Vice President Garner who accepted the protest; Carl Hoederman, Chairman of New Jersey Non-Partisan League; and E.L. Oliver, Vice President of National Labor Non-Partisan League, 1/24/38

Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Part...

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Protest to president on Japanese silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Following a parade to the White House in protest against the Japanese silk boycott these members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers presented an Anti-Boycott Memorial to President Roosevelt. Left to right: Lillian ...earer, Lucille Numbers, Teresa Motz, Clare Schutt, ...ide Omlor, Ethel Gillies, 12838

Protest to president on Japanese silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. ...

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[Protesters] - Public domain demonstration photograph

[Protesters] - Public domain demonstration photograph

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WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES WITH BANNERS

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES WITH BANNERS

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Children pickets at Raleigh Hotel waiters strike

Children pickets at Raleigh Hotel waiters strike

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Vets protest bonus bill delay. Protesting Congress' delay in considering the soldiers' cash bonus proposal, scores of Washington veterans paraded to the Capitol in a demonstration to seek immediate action. They were met on the Capitol steps by members of the House who are war veterans, where the photograph shows them being addressed by Rep. [...] Patman of Texas. 1/31

Vets protest bonus bill delay. Protesting Congress' delay in consideri...

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Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Partisan League today filed a protest with the Senate against the seating of John Milton, appointed to the seat vacated by Gov. A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. In the photograph, left to right: Louis Friday, Clerk to Vice President Garner who accepted the protest; Carl Hoederman, Chairman of New Jersey Non-Partisan League; and E.L. Oliver, Vice President of National Labor Non-Partisan League, 12438

Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Part...

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WOMAN SUFFRAGE. BANNERS - Public domain demonstration photograph

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. BANNERS - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Textile workers take grievance to DJ's. A committee from the United Textile Workers of America go to Attorney General Homer S. Cummings with a protest against mills refusing to abide by decisions of the Textile Labor Relations board. From the left, standing: William F. Kelly, 2nd Vice President; Chester N. Wright, Public Relations; Joseph R. White, President; Horace A. Riviere, 4th vice president, and James Starr, Sec-Treas. Seated, from the left, Attorney General Cummings, and Thomas F. McMahon, President of the textile organization, 1/24/35

Textile workers take grievance to DJ's. A committee from the United Te...

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Spanish women to protest State Department. Washington, D.C., April 4. Three thousand Spanish born women from large eastern cities, led by the widow of an American killed in Spain's Civil War, marched on the State Department today where they made a formal plea to "revoke the arms embargo against the democratically elected Government of Spain". The widow who headed the delegation was Mrs. Ernestina Gonzales, PH.D. and former Director of the Madrid University Library, 4/4/38

Spanish women to protest State Department. Washington, D.C., April 4. ...

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Socialist Frost addressing a street crowd, Union Sq., Oct. 1608

Socialist Frost addressing a street crowd, Union Sq., Oct. 1608

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Protesters - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Protesters - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Date from negatives in same range Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco This glass negative might sho... More

Food protest [East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York]

Food protest [East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York]

Photo shows protest led by Ida Harris, president of the Mother's Vigilance Committee, and anarchist Marie Ganz, both members of the Mothers' Anti-High Price League (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2015)

Protest meeting in Berlin, 1923

Protest meeting in Berlin, 1923

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[Labor protesters with signs: "Full Social and Economic Equality for Negros," "Unity of White-and-Negro Workers," etc.]

[Labor protesters with signs: "Full Social and Economic Equality for N...

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PACIFISTS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

PACIFISTS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A crowd of people standing around each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Photograph shows anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to Congress ask... More

Children pickets at Raleigh Hotel waiters strike

Children pickets at Raleigh Hotel waiters strike

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Posters in photograph: "I want food and can't get it. My papa was locke... More

Protest meeting Berlin, 1923 - Public domain portrait photograph

Protest meeting Berlin, 1923 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Communists arrested in attempt to picket German Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Communists attempting to picket the German Embassy today were arrested and hauled off the the Hoosegow. The group calling themselves the "Committee against Nazi intervention in Spain" protested Germany's recognition of Spainish Fascists and demanded that Germany free Lawrence Simpson, American seaman imprisoned in Germany. 11/30/36

Communists arrested in attempt to picket German Embassy. Washington, D...

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Suffragettes, London - Public domain demonstration photograph

Suffragettes, London - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Policeman stooping over Ignatz Hildebrandt, killed in Union Square, anarchist riot, New York

Policeman stooping over Ignatz Hildebrandt, killed in Union Square, an...

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[Protesters with signs: "Lloyd George the Anarchist and Wilson his junior partner," "Mr. Wilson is busy protecting America's enemy. The British Empire," and "Mr Wilson! Murder is Murder whether by a Turk or an Englishman"

[Protesters with signs: "Lloyd George the Anarchist and Wilson his jun...

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Striking Seamen naps as mates picket Commerce Department. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. Tired and weary this striking seaman found the running board of a nearby auto a comfortable place to sleep as his mates picketed the Commerce Department today as a protest against provisions of the Copeland Safety-At-Sea Act

Striking Seamen naps as mates picket Commerce Department. Washington, ...

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Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washington, D.C., May 13. Fifty women headed by Mrs. Hamilton Wright of New York today invaded the Senate Office Building to protest to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee against President Roosevelt's five billion dollar pump-priming program. The women, who are from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, said they were not an organization. They are shown as they cornered four senators in the office of Senator Burke of Nebraska. The senators in the photograph [...] Truman of Missouri, Adams of Colorado, Burke of Nebraska, and Bridges of New Hampshire

Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washi...

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Associate Architect quits on design for new German Embassy. Washington, D.C., March 22. Harry F. Cunningham Associate Architect for the proposed new German Embassy, announced his resignation as a protest against acts by the German Reich today. He tendered his resignation to Charge D'Addaires Hans Thomsen, ad Interim. 3-22-39

Associate Architect quits on design for new German Embassy. Washington...

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Children protesters with signs: "Mr. Wilson is busy protecting America's Enemy. The British Empire," etc.

Children protesters with signs: "Mr. Wilson is busy protecting America...

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Mooney meeting, George Grantham Bain Collection

Mooney meeting, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows a mass meeting held in Union Square on March 9, 1918 to protest the conviction of labor leader Thomas Joseph "Tom" Mooney (1882-1942) in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. (Sou... More

Striking Seamen picket Commerce Department. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. A cold drenching rain failed to dampen the spirit of nearly 500 east coast seamen from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, as they picketed the Commerce Department today as a protest against provisions of the Copeland Safety-At-Sea Act

Striking Seamen picket Commerce Department. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. ...

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Strikers at Commerce Dept. Pickets at the Department of Commerce protesting Maritime Board decisions, 32738

Strikers at Commerce Dept. Pickets at the Department of Commerce prote...

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"Cotton" Ed Smith Snubbed by the President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. A wrathful and unpurged Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith, D. of S.C., last night roared a furious protest at refusal of President Roosevelt to receive a delegation of cotton and wheat Senators. A special committee headed by Smith had waited all afternoon for higher Cotton-Wheat loans. Word came it would be "impossible" for the President to see them. Acting Sec. of Agriculture Harry Brown and Asst. AAA Administrator Tapp instead were assigned to the conference. Senator Smith, on the right; is shown putting Mr. Brown, over the coals at the Capitol today, 10/1/38

"Cotton" Ed Smith Snubbed by the President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. ...

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Reads protest against Government Reorganization Bill. Washington, D.C., March 28. Montana's Senator Burton K. Wheeler found his desk stacked high with telegraphic protests against the Government Reorganization Bill when he arrived at his office in the Capitol today, 32838

Reads protest against Government Reorganization Bill. Washington, D.C....

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Protesters with signs: "What about 7A Johnson?," "Reinstate Donovan," etc.

Protesters with signs: "What about 7A Johnson?," "Reinstate Donovan," ...

A group of men standing on a sidewalk holding signs, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about th... More

War protesters - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War protesters - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a man on a horse, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris... More

Striking Seamen picket Commerce Department. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. A cold drenching rain failed to dampen the spirit of nearly 500 east coast seamen from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, as they picketed the Commerce Department today as a protest against provisions of the Copeland Safety-At-Sea Act

Striking Seamen picket Commerce Department. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. ...

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Cloak makers parade, Madison Sq.

Cloak makers parade, Madison Sq.

Photograph shows striking members of the International Garment Workers Union protesting a lockout by the Manufacturers' Protective Association with a parade on July 6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

PACIFISTS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

PACIFISTS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A crowd of people standing around a horse drawn carriage, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Photograph shows anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to ... More

Open air meeting, Berlin, protesting against Franchise Law at Treptow Park, Socialist, Fisher speaking.

Open air meeting, Berlin, protesting against Franchise Law at Treptow ...

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Strikers at Commerce Dept. Pickets at the Department of Commerce protesting Maritime Board decisions, 3/27/38

Strikers at Commerce Dept. Pickets at the Department of Commerce prote...

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Open air meeting, Berlin, protesting against Franchise Law at Treptow Park, Socialist, Fisher speaking

Open air meeting, Berlin, protesting against Franchise Law at Treptow ...

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Pacifists at White House i.e. U.S. Capitol

Pacifists at White House i.e. U.S. Capitol

Photograph shows anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war (Source: Fort Wayne News, April 5, 1917) Title from unverified dat... More

Labor protesters with signs: "Full Social and Economic Equality for Negros," "Unity of White-and-Negro Workers," etc.

Labor protesters with signs: "Full Social and Economic Equality for Ne...

A group of people holding signs in a room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris &... More

Striking Seamen see Secretary Roper. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. A committee of striking seamen from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, called on Secretary of Commerce Roper today to protest against provisions of the Copeland Saftey-At-Sea Act. In the photograph, left to right, seated: Patrick B. Whalen; Al Lannon; Joseph Curran; R.M. Jones; standing, left to right: S.M. Blinken, Ralph Emerson, and Paul Rothman

Striking Seamen see Secretary Roper. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. A commi...

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Cloak makers parade, Madison Sq

Cloak makers parade, Madison Sq

Photograph shows striking members of the International Garment Workers Union protesting a lockout by the Manufacturers' Protective Association with a parade on July 6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 201... More

Irish demonstration [...] protest

Irish demonstration [...] protest

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Spanish women to protest State Department. Washington, D.C., April 4. Three thousand Spanish born women from large eastern cities, led by the widow of an American killed in Spain's Civil War, marched on the State Department today where they made a formal plea to "revoke the arms embargo against the democratically elected Government of Spain". The widow who headed the delegation was Mrs. Ernestina Gonzales, PH.D. and former Director of the Madrid University Library, 4438

Spanish women to protest State Department. Washington, D.C., April 4. ...

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Food Protest Meeting [East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York]

Food Protest Meeting [East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New ...

Photo shows protest led by Ida Harris, president of the Mother's Vigilance Committee, and anarchist Marie Ganz, both members of the Mothers' Anti-High Price League (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2015)

Irish demonstration [...] protest

Irish demonstration [...] protest

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Policeman stooping over Ignatz Hildebrandt, killed in Union Square, anarchist riot, New York

Policeman stooping over Ignatz Hildebrandt, killed in Union Square, an...

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Food protest East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York

Food protest East Broadway and Rutgers Street, New York, New York

Photo shows protest led by Ida Harris, president of the Mother's Vigilance Committee, and anarchist Marie Ganz, both members of the Mothers' Anti-High Price League (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2015) Title f... More

Irish demonstration [...] protest

Irish demonstration [...] protest

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Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers arriving today at Union Station today from they staged a parade to the White House as a protest against the boycott of Japanese silk. The women, three hundred strong, carried banners exhorting women to continue to wear silk hose and thus save the jobs of thousands of hosiery workers, 12838

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the Americ...

A group of people holding signs in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc... More