<I>First Telephone Company Strike</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Caption
content: First Telephone Company Strike - Downtown, Manhattan, New York, 1930's
label: Caption
content: Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 29.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a mounted police officer patrolling a Manhattan street during a strike of telephone workers. A mass of people gathered along the sidewalk are visible behind the officer and his horse. On the verso is an inscription reading [1st Telephone Co. Strike NYC - 1940's].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.74.30
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Joe Schwartz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 10 15/16 x 14 1/4 in. (27.8 x 36.2 cm)