Object Details
Photograph by
Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Caption
First Telephone Company Strike - Downtown, Manhattan, New York, 1930's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 29.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of a mounted police officer patrolling a Manhattan street during a strike of telephone workers. A mass of people gathered along the sidewalk are visible behind the officer and his horse. On the verso is an inscription reading [1st Telephone Co. Strike NYC - 1940's].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
Date
1940s
Object number
2010.74.30
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
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Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image and Sheet): 10 15/16 x 14 1/4 in. (27.8 x 36.2 cm)
Place depicted
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Labor
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2010.74.30