Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

P.T.C. Strike incites riots

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Photographer

Unknown

Description

Fifty windows are smashed due to rioting caused by the P.T.C. strike. An optomentrist's shop window is shattered during rioting at 2204 Ridge Avenue.

Subjects

Strikes and lockouts

Riots

Storefronts

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Notes

With clipping

Format

Image/jp2

Type

Photographs

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.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Phila--Septa Strike--1944, Aug 2

Digital Collection

Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Civil Rights in a Northern City

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

P549100B