About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0697
  • TitlePickets in a two-way fight
  • SummaryThree striking workers with placards walking towards camera; two placards read, "Don't let the goons from out of town take our jobs away." Caption: "Pickets in a two-way fight: At Erie Basin pier, three pickets of International Longshoremen's Association carry signs announcing strike, which is against New York Shipping Association, and also rapping new A.F.L. union, formed to replace I. L. A...."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of copy 2. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks on copy 2.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: International Longshoreman Assc. (ILA): Strikes