Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia

Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Item Set

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  Cigar store window smashed

  08-02-1944
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  P.T.C. Strike incites riots

  08-02-1944
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  First African American motorman

  08-02-1944
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  Woman injured by P.T.C. strike rioting

  08-02-1944
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  War worker roller skates to work

  08-02-1944
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  Taproom closed by P.T.C. strike

  08-02-1944
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  Employees take motorcycle to work

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

  1944-08-02
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  Convoy of soldiers from Fort Dix

  1944-08-05
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  Elevated trains temporarily run

  08-03-1944
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  Alternate transportation method

  1944-08-02
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  Sylvester Garret and Eli Rock en route to Washington

  1944-08-02
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  Yellow cab at bus terminal

  1944-08-02
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  Travelers wait for bus

  1944-08-02
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  Store closed by strike

  1944-08-02
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  Women rub sore feet

  1944-08-02
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  Reading Terminal

  1944-08-02
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  Police and Auxiliaries in Reserve""

  1944-08-02
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  Only trolley car in operation

  1944-08-01
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  Idle trolley cars

  1944-08-01
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  Idle trolley cars

  1944-08-01
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  P.T.C. travelers in line at ticket windows

  1944-08-01
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  Wooden barricade at Reading Terminal

  1944-08-01
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  Lieutenant Commander Jack Joslin addresses P.T.C. employees

  1944-08-01
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  Lieutenant Commander Jack Joslin addresses P.T.C. employees

  1944-08-01