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National Guardsmen During Milk Strike
May 18, 1933
National Guardsmen, who were sworn in as deputies, approach milk strikers through what appears to be a cloud of smoke.
Carnation Milk Products Company Plant
Exterior view of the Carnation Milk Products Company plant as seen from across railroad tracks.
Strike Kitchen
Strikers from the United Packinghouse Workers union in Topeka taking a coffee break from their picketing. The strikers were employees of the Hill Packing Company.
Packinghouse Workers Strike
April 1948
As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appearing to throw rocks. Several strikers had ...
Dairy Cooperative Supports Packinghouse Workers Strike
March 22, 1948
A driver for Dairy Distributors, Inc. cooperative of Watertown, Wisconsin delivering milk to strikers' soup kitchen."Several dairies have volunteered to help the United Packinghouse Workers striker...
