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Strikes - Street Cars, Cincinnati O. May 20, 1913 – Vintage Photo Print

Strikes - Street Cars, Cincinnati O. May 20, 1913, 1913 May 20. — historic photograph
Strikes - Street Cars, Cincinnati O. May 20, 1913, 1913 May 20.. Historic photograph from the Cincinnati 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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Strikes - Street Cars, Cincinnati O. May 20, 1913

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This photograph documents the streetcar strike in Cincinnati in May 1913, when the city's street railway workers walked off the job and the transit system was thrown into turmoil. Cars stood idle or ran under strained conditions, and the dispute brought tension and clashes to the city's streets. The picture is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a New York news photography service that sold images to newspapers, so it reflects the quick, documentary style of 1910s press photography. It offers a glimpse of how labor conflict played out in an American city's public spaces during the period.

Created / published1913 May 20.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsStrikes--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149485

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