About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0680
  • TitleFree riders
  • 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."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • 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
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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): Vote I