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Children on the Picket Line

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Striking members of Packinghouse Workers Local 392 in Baltimore getting ready for Children's Day on the picket line. Frank McCarty, of the UPWA, is about to attach a sign that expressed the union's wage demands: "My Daddy needs 24 cents to Buy me more Milk." The union was on strike against the American Sugar Refining Company.

Date Created:
May 1, 1948
Creator:
Dorsey Newspix

Publication Information

Creator Dorsey Newspix
Date Created May 1, 1948
Language English

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 24 x 20 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1903-1980
Call Number M79-517
Media Number Box 19
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911124690702121
Finding Aid https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-micr0935

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W011NWL
Legacy ID
WHi 43027

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