Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia

Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Item Set

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  Major General Philip Hayes takes over P.T.C.

  1944-08-05
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  Soldiers guard station

  1944-08
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  Soldier receives meal

  1944-08
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  Troops arrive in Philadelphia

  1944-08-05
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  Army escorts P.T.C. worker

  1944-08
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  Troops brought in to provide transportation for war workers

  1944-08
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  Women feed pigeons on train platform

  1944-08-05
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  Quill reads P.T.C. strike report

  1944-08-05
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  Quill and associates look over P.T.C. strike report

  1944-08-05
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  P.T.C. cashier knitting

  1944-08-05
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  Quill charges P.T.C. with collusion

  1944-08-05
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  P.T.C. shop stewards

  1944-08-02
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  Troops await orders

  1944-08-07
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  War workers transported via trucks

  1944-08-03
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  Truck transports workers during P.T.C. strike

  1944-08-03
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  Pennsylvania Transfer Company truck

  1944-08-03
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  Trucks marked with plant names

  1944-08-03
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  Army officers question leader of P.T.C. strike

  1944-08-03
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  Truck to Crescentville

  1944-08-03
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  Mass of P.T.C. strikers

  1944-08-03
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  Workers transported by bus

  1944-08-03
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  Reyburn Plaza during P.T.C. strike

  1944-08-05
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  P.T.C. strikers donate blood

  1944-08-03
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  Woman rides bicycle to work during P.T.C. strike

  1944-08-02
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  P.T.C. shop stewards asked to return to work

  1944-08-02