PTC Strike

Item

Title
PTC Strike
Description
Striking PTC workers are polled as to whether they will return to work if they are given police protection. Those whose hands are raised answered affirmatively.
Contact
scrc@temple.edu
Organization
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia Transit Company
Date
1944-08
Digital Collection
N.A.A.C.P., Philadelphia Branch Photographs
Civil Rights in a Northern City
Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944
Digital Collection Facet
Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944
Digital Publisher
Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
Folder
PC-75-2--N.A.A.C.P.--PTC Strike, 1944
Format
Image/jp2
Geographic Subject
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Identifier
PC75024
Item URL
http://digital.library.temple.edu/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=/p15037coll10&CISOPTR=6&action=2&DMSCALE=25.00000&DMWIDTH=1400&DMHEIGHT=1400
Notes
During the height of the strike, operators are asked how many will resume operation if police protection is provided? Those with hands raised replied Yes!""
Repository
Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives
Rights
This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.
Subject
Strikes and lockouts
Type
Photographs