Under martial law--State Militia entering Homestead, Pa., U.S.A. – Historic 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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A window into the past: Under martial law--State Militia entering Homestead, Pa., U.S.A., preserved in this stereograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Under martial law--State Militia entering Homestead, Pa., U.S.A.
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This stereograph shows state militia moving into Homestead, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1892, when the town was placed under martial law during the strike at the Carnegie Steel works. The strike had turned violent after a clash in early July between striking workers and privately hired Pinkerton agents, who had tried to bring non-union guards up the river to the mill. With the plant idle and tensions high, Governor Robert Pattison sent the militia to restore order and protect strikebreakers. The occasion became a landmark in American labor history, and the strike's defeat that fall weakened the union's hold on the steel industry for decades.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : J.F. Jarvis, c1892. |
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| Genre | Stereographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. |
| Subjects | Homestead Strike, Homestead, Pa., 1892. Steel industry strikes--Pennsylvania--Homestead--1890-1900. Militias--Pennsylvania--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 732 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169220 |
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