Columbus Car strike – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Columbus Car strike in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Columbus Car strike
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Few details survive for this negative beyond its title, which points to a streetcar labor dispute in Columbus, Ohio, although the record notes that the label is unverified. The George Grantham Bain News Service, a New York agency, produced many glass negatives like this one while sending photographers to cover breaking news from the 1900s through the 1920s. Transit strikes of that era often pitted workers against private streetcar companies over wages, hours and union recognition, and they regularly drew crowds and police onto city streets. Comparing this picture with the other Columbus views on this board can help place it in the city's history.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,829 × 4,210 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9231 |
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