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[Striking seamen: Coal passers talking strike on boat, 14 June 1911], 1911 June 14. — historic photograph
[Striking seamen: Coal passers talking strike on boat, 14 June 1911], 1911 June 14.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Coal passers, the workers who hauled coal by hand from ship bunkers to the stokers feeding the boilers, are the focus here, shown during a strike aboard a vessel in New York City on June 14, 1911. The picture belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the news photography archive of the Bain News Service, which documented labor disputes and daily life in New York in the early twentieth century. Maritime strikes of that period were often fought over wages, hours, and the dangerous conditions in a ship's stokehold, where heat and heavy labor were constant. The caption is based on older, unverified records, so the exact vessel and the specific grievances are not confirmed here.

Created / published1911 June 14.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsOrig. neg. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--S-C- Ass.; NY--NYC--Misc.--1911; Strikes...--1911; Geogr.; 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-141339

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