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Women strikers selling newspapers for a living. New York shirt waist workers strike – Vintage Wall Art

Women strikers selling newspapers for a living. New York shirt waist workers strike, 1910? — historic photograph
Women strikers selling newspapers for a living. New York shirt waist workers strike, 1910?. Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with Women strikers selling newspapers for a living. New York shirt waist workers strike, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here the strikers are shown doing something other than picketing: selling newspapers to earn money while they were off the job. The image comes from the New York shirtwaist makers' strike, which began in late 1909 and drew roughly 20,000 mostly young immigrant women out of garment shops over pay, hours, and unsafe conditions. Many had no savings, so street selling and other odd work helped them stay out. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, made the print, and its date of 1910 is a best guess from the caption card rather than a confirmed fact.

Created / published1910?
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126258

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