Columbus Car strike – Historic Reproduction
(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 historic photograph of Columbus Car strike. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Columbus Car strike
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Few details about this glass negative are firmly documented, and its title comes from unverified notes the Bain News Service wrote on its negatives or caption cards. The title points to a streetcar labor dispute in Columbus, Ohio, a common flashpoint in the early twentieth century, when electric railways spread through American cities and many workers pressed for better pay and shorter hours. Strikes of that era often drew crowds, replacement workers, and sometimes police or militia, so the scene may capture a tense moment on a city street. Bain's photographers supplied such news images to newspapers, which makes the picture a useful record of how urban labor conflict looked to the public at the time.
| 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 | 5,791 × 4,260 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9232 |
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