About This Item

  • TitleUneasy truce
  • Call NumberWORK_0702
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryLarge crowd of workers in front of Bush Terminal in Sunset Park; two policemen, one on horseback, in background. Caption: "Uneasy truce: Members of old International Longshoremen's Association mill about in front of Brooklyn Army Base awaiting this morning's shape-up whistle. Threatened picketing by rival International Brotherhood of Longshoremen, A.F.L., members, who charge 'discrimination' at base, was called off pending conference this afternoon."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Terminals (Transportation) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.