About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0896
  • TitleWouldn't cross line
  • SummaryCaption: "Wouldn't cross line--Some of the 100 long-line telephone operators who refused to cross C. W. A. picket line at American Telephone and Telegraph Company building, 32 Avenue of the Americas, pass time of day across street."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 9, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company ; Communications Workers of America ; Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Strikes: Communications Workers of America