Photograph
Striking Sugar Workers
Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by urging a product boycott. This picture is important because at the time few international unions were attempting to organize a multi-racial workforce in the South. |
Image ID: | 43016 |
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Creation Date: | 1955 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | New Orleans |
County: | |
State: | Kentucky |
Collection Name: | Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1903-1980 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | M79-517 Box 19 |
Original Dimensions: | 7.5 x 8.5 inches |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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