SummaryCrowd of longshoremen cheering outside of bus on street with Christmas decorations in background. Caption: "Free riders: Jubliantly pouring out of bus provided by old International Longshoremen's Association are longshoremen who had gotten free transportation from piers to Prospect Hall, where bargaining election was taking place.... Later, when trouble broke out, additional buses and private cars brought reinforcements for both the I. L. A. and its A. F. L. rival."
NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 23, 1953. Grease pencil cropping marks.
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Labor unions -- Elections -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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