Foster strike leader, 10/3/19 – Vintage Photo Print
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(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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This historic photograph of Foster strike leader, 10/3/19 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Foster strike leader, 10/3/19
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Labor leader William Z. Foster appears in this glass negative dated October 3, 1919, a few weeks after the great steel strike he helped organize began that September. As secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Labor's organizing committee for steelworkers, Foster directed a campaign that drew hundreds of thousands of workers from mills across the Midwest and East. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. firm that documented public life in the 1910s and 1920s, made the image. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes on the plate, which come from the natural deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | [19]19 October 3. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one. |
| Subjects | Foster, William Z.,--1881-1961. Labor leaders. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,132 × 4,137 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229744 |
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