Commissary - Chicago Garment Workers Strike – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Commissary - Chicago Garment Workers Strike, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Commissary - Chicago Garment Workers Strike
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Food relief is the focus of this 1911 scene, which records a commissary set up to feed people during the Chicago garment workers' strike. Many strikers had walked off the job in 1910 with no wages to fall back on, so unions and local supporters ran kitchens and distribution points that supplied meals and staples to families. The walkout drew tens of thousands of mostly immigrant needle workers from the city's clothing shops, and the relief effort shows how much of their endurance depended on community support rather than paychecks.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Food relief; Labor & labor org.; Ill.--Chic.--Misc.--1911; Strikes--1911; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,172 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135050 |
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