L strike - Boston – Historic Reproduction
(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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L strike - Boston
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The title "L strike - Boston" points to a labor stoppage involving the L, Boston's elevated rail system, though the record does not name the company, the strikers, or the date. The negative is a glass plate from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with news photographs in the early twentieth century. Transit walkouts of that era often disrupted daily commutes and drew crowds to stations and street corners, so the picture likely records a moment when ordinary routines were interrupted. Because the catalog gives no date, the exact occasion remains unconfirmed.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,248 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13033 |
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