About This Item


  • Title[Longshoremen picketing]
  • Call NumberWORK_1109
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWorkers, presumably belonging to International Longshoremen's Association, picketing in unknown location, possibly plaza in downtown Brooklyn, with signs reading, "This is not Russia, Mr. Dewey, we oppose state control of any union," "USA not USSR, Mr. Dewey, we demand our rights as Americans and veterans," and "Let the majority be heard, don't listen to minority groups."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.