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First Telephone Company Strike

Object Details

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.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
1930s
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
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)
Type
gelatin silver prints

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