Photograph
Milk Strike
| Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would raise milk prices. |
| Image ID: | 2038 |
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| Creation Date: | 01 10 1934 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Burlington |
| County: | Racine |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 6632 |
| Original Dimensions: | unknown |
| A group of men protesting inadequate payment for dairy products stopped a train near Burlington, broke open the box cars, and dumped milk on the tracks. |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Milk trade |
| Croplands |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Railroad tracks |
| Strikes and lockouts |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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