Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 21-40 of 51

Photograph

Lettuce Strike

Date: 1961
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) field representative John Soria watching picket line and police activities during the important Imperial Vall...
Photograph

Sporting Goods Strike

Date: 1955
Description: Employees of the Wilson Sporting Goods Company in suburban Chicago are Bob Pickles and Ed Cronk. The men were representing the United Packinghouse Workers ...
Photograph

Globe Company Picket Line

Date: 09 1945
Description: View from road of picket line of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 284 at the Globe company plant.
Photograph

What is a Scab?

Date: 
Description: Four members of United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 309 (which was part of District 9) on strike against the W.W. Pickle Company. The picket sign carri...
Photograph

Don't Buy Wilson

Date: 
Description: Picket line of United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) Local 11 in front of the plant of the Wilson meatpacking company. Although unidentified except...
Photograph

Crowd of Striking Workers

Date: 
Description: View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike. Some hold signs, while one holds an American flag.
Photograph

Crowd of Striking Workers

Date: 
Description: View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike gathered near a building. Some of them carry signs and a flag.
Photograph

Men and Women on Strike

Date: 
Description: Striking men and women workers march together carrying signs.
Photograph

Women on Strike

Date: 
Description: Five striking female workers in headscarves pose together. Men are visible behind them, one of whom carries an American flag.
Photograph

Crowd of Workers on Strike

Date: 
Description: View from across street of a crowd of workers on strike, gathered in a parking lot near a railroad crossing.
Photograph

Workers on Strike

Date: 
Description: Striking workers march with signs near a railroad crossing.
Photograph

Workers on Strike

Date: 
Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
Photograph

Workers on Strike

Date: 
Description: A worker on strike marches past four women. He is carrying a sign.
Photograph

Marching Workers on Strike

Date: 
Description: A group of striking workers march together carrying signs near a railroad crossing.
Photograph

Striking Workers

Date: 
Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
Photograph

Marc's Big Boy Protest

Date: 1963
Description: Group of people, probably including NAACP Youth Council members, picketing outside Marc's Big Boy restaurant. Lloyd Barbee is second from the left.
Photograph

Case Strike

Date: 1960
Description: Three men pose together on a picket line at the Case plant. The man in the center holds a sign reading: "Case Local demands justice." The Case eagle on a g...
Photograph

Frame 19: "We Want to Vote"

Date: 1964
Description: Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou...
Photograph

Frame 48: Demonstration at Night

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally outside the Atlantic City Convention Hall in support of seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic Na...
Photograph

Frame 71: Outdoor Demonstration

Date: 1964
Description: A long line of protesters standing on a sidewalk hold signs calling for voting rights and civil rights. One sign reads, "We Are Not Allowed to Vote".

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: