Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Striking Seamen see Secretary Roper – Historic Photograph Print
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Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Striking Seamen see Secretary Roper
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Striking seamen are shown here at a meeting with Secretary Roper, a moment captured by the Washington studio Harris & Ewing, which made many portraits of officials and visitors to the capital. In the late 1930s, labor disputes on the nation's ships were common, and seamen often took their grievances over wages and conditions to Washington, where the Commerce Department had authority over the merchant marine. The photograph records a face-to-face encounter between workers and government in a period when maritime unions were pressing for stronger contracts.
| Created / published | [19]39 January 10. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Harris & Ewing |
| Original scan | 924 × 739 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HAR-98575 |
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