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The parade of the New York [striking] freight handlers – Historic Reproduction

The parade of the New York [striking] freight handlers, 1882 — antique engraving
The parade of the New York [striking] freight handlers, 1882. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(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.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The parade of the New York [striking] freight handlers. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few pictures on this board capture a labor demonstration as directly as this wood engraving, which shows a procession of New York freight handlers during a strike in 1882. It ran in *Harper's Weekly* on July 8, 1882, on page 424, where the illustrated weeklies of the period turned newsworthy street scenes into engravings cut from artists' drawings. Strikes and processions drew steady attention in the city's press that decade, as workers pressed their demands along the busy waterfront and rail routes that moved the city's freight. The print is worth studying for its crowd and street setting, which show how labor protest looked on New York's crowded thoroughfares.

Created / published1882
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1882 July 8), p. 424. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Strikes...; Processions.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,031 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155388

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