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Crowd of strikers going to a meeting, Philadelphia
Strikers participating in the Rapid Transit Company's 1910 General Strike heading to a meeting.
Garment worker at Hightstown factory, New Jersey
The source shows a garment worker in a New Jersey clothing factory.
Smedley Butler Destroying Kegs of Beer
Philadelphia received help from the federal government twice in the 1920s to combat its Prohibition-fueled crime problem. The first intervention involved the appointment of General Smedley Butler (1881-1940), shown here in 1924 destroying a barrel of…
Russian Village
Russian Village in the early 1900s.
Confiscated Moonshine Still
An Internal Revenue Service agent scrutinizes the contents of a moonshine still during the Prohibition era.
Pressers of work on women's coats in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey
The picture shows a Garment worker in a factory that produced women's coats.
Bird's-eye view of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A bird's eye view of North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Her sewing keeps the country from coming apart at the seams
An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.
Quaker Meeting House--Plymouth Meeting
This photo depicts the Quaker Meeting House in Plymouth Meeting. Gruenberg and her husband spent a weekend at this house and met a ninety year old woman there. The woman was in shock that Gruenberg and her husband were from Minnesota.