Weegee (1899-1968), Queens Cops Rough Up Newspaper Picket Line (three photographs) (April 24, 1937)
Weegee (American, 1899-1968) Queens Cops Rough Up Newspaper Picket Line April 24, 1937, (3 works) Gelatin silver 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm), or the reverse Each with A. Fellig credit stamp on verso. The Long Island Daily Press suspended publication after two policemen and two strikers were injured. The walkout started when the publisher discharged 27 employees, members of the Newspaper Guild, 'for economy.' Guild members tried to prevent pressmen from entering the Jamaica, Queens building. LITERATURE: New York Post, April 24, 1937, front page; Daily News, May 1, 1937, p. 6 and 19.
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Condition Report: In overall good/very good condition. Each with scattered creases extending into the image. One with paper loss along the right edge. Another with paper affixed to the top edge.
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Weegee (American, 1899-1968) Queens Cops Rough Up Newspaper Picket Line April 24, 1937, (3 works) Gelatin silver 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm), or the reverse Each with A. Fellig credit stamp on verso. The Long Island Daily Press suspended publication after two policemen and two strikers were injured. The walkout started when the publisher discharged 27 employees, members of the Newspaper Guild, 'for economy.' Guild members tried to prevent pressmen from entering the Jamaica, Queens building. LITERATURE: New York Post, April 24, 1937, front page; Daily News, May 1, 1937, p. 6 and 19.
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Condition Report: In overall good/very good condition. Each with scattered creases extending into the image. One with paper loss along the right edge. Another with paper affixed to the top edge.
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