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

Soldiers pack up after standing guard

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Title

Photographer

Unknown

Description

Troops packing up to head home after their time in Philadelphia operating P.T.C. vehicles. The Secretary of War ordered that troops hand over posession of the P.T.C. on August 17, after the strike ended. The troops are boarding army vehicles on Broad and Locust Streets.

Subjects

Soldiers

Vehicles, Military

Strikes and lockouts

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Center City District (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 and Trial--1944, Aug 17

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

P549171B