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Background imagePicketing Collection: Women Marching the Picket Line

Women Marching the Picket Line
(Original Caption) Arresting girl pickets. A new phase of the recent outbreak of labor dissatisfaction among the mill-hands of Amsterdam, New York

Background imagePicketing Collection: Child Textile Workers Holding Protest Signs During Strike

Child Textile Workers Holding Protest Signs During Strike
(Original Caption) Philadelphia: Juvenile textile workers on strike in Philadelphia

Background imagePicketing Collection: Man Holds Anti-Dupont Sign Before Diner

Man Holds Anti-Dupont Sign Before Diner
(Original Caption) An African-American man smoking a cigar holds a sign that says, "The Du Ponts Against the People

Background imagePicketing Collection: Men In Outfits Picket Museum

Men In Outfits Picket Museum
(Original Caption) Photo shows men dressed in costumes (American Revolutionary, Ancient Roman)

Background imagePicketing Collection: Men Picket W/Signs/Iwa Relief Station

Men Picket W/Signs/Iwa Relief Station
(Original Caption) "Relief Pickets Parade." Photo shows men marching with signs reading "I.W.A

Background imagePicketing Collection: People Picketing at the Waldorf Astoria

People Picketing at the Waldorf Astoria
(Original Caption) :Looking Down on Picket Parade at Waldorf

Background imagePicketing Collection: Women Supporting Auto Strike

Women Supporting Auto Strike
Women picket in support of their menfolk working at the automobile factories

Background imagePicketing Collection: Suffragette Picketing at the White House

Suffragette Picketing at the White House
1917-Washington, DC-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Mrs. William L. Colt, of New York City who has just arrived at Washington where she is picketing the White House

Background imagePicketing Collection: Suffragists Picketing Metropolitan Opera House

Suffragists Picketing Metropolitan Opera House
A group of suffragists picket outside the Metropolitan Opera House. From left to right: Ella C. Thompson, Alex Shields, Alice Paul, and Wilma Keams

Background imagePicketing Collection: Actress Pickets Pose on Rooftop

Actress Pickets Pose on Rooftop
(Original Caption) 8/13/1919- Yes siree, a strike does cause privation. Think of it

Background imagePicketing Collection: Striking Actors Equity Member with Picket Sign Under Umbrella

Striking Actors Equity Member with Picket Sign Under Umbrella
(Original Caption)

Background imagePicketing Collection: Striking Steelmill Workers Holding Bulletins

Striking Steelmill Workers Holding Bulletins
9/22/1919-Chicago, IL-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Steel strike at Illinois Steel Mills, Chicago. Photo shows strikers holding bulletins concerning a nation-wide strike

Background imagePicketing Collection: Group of Picketers Confronting Men

Group of Picketers Confronting Men
(Original Caption) 9/24/1919-Gary, IN- Pickets on duty in the vicinity of the steel mill. The policeman is an interested spectator

Background imagePicketing Collection: Women with Signs Urge 'No Coal For England'

Women with Signs Urge "No Coal For England"
(Original Caption) 9/22/1920- Boston, MA- Boston women pickets are centering their drive to prevent the export of coal to that England

Background imagePicketing Collection: Soldiers Guarding Railroad During Labor Strike

Soldiers Guarding Railroad During Labor Strike
Illinois State troopers maintain order at railroad tracks during a railroad strike

Background imagePicketing Collection: Suffragists Picketing House of Commons

Suffragists Picketing House of Commons
A group of suffragists picket outside the House of Commons. Presently, a bill is being passed giving women the right to vote at the age of 21

Background imagePicketing Collection: Crowd of Dock Workers Holding Up Cards

Crowd of Dock Workers Holding Up Cards
Dock workers hold up their union cards during a walkout, which helped cripple Great Britain in the greatest strike in the history of the world

Background imagePicketing Collection: Striking Fur Workers Marching

Striking Fur Workers Marching
(Original Caption) 3/8/1926- New York, NY- Photo shows New York fur strikers as they attempted to demonstrate today after the fashion of Passaic New Jersey worsted mill workers

Background imagePicketing Collection: Striking Textile Workers Fleeing Police

Striking Textile Workers Fleeing Police
(Original Caption) 4/8/1926-Passaic, NJ- Children are trampled down, men and women injured, as enraged police charge the strikers picket line at the Gera Mills in Passaic

Background imagePicketing Collection: Two Garment Workers Stand with Picket Signs

Two Garment Workers Stand with Picket Signs
(Original Caption) 7/21/1926-Pickets in the garment strike parading with their signs protesting low wages

Background imagePicketing Collection: Communist Parade In New York

Communist Parade In New York
(Original Caption) 5/1/1929-New York

Background imagePicketing Collection: Communists And Unemployed Picket

Communists And Unemployed Picket
(Original Caption) San Francisco, CA: Unemployed demonstrate in San Francisco during the Depression carrying picket signs for the Communist party. photograph, 1930's

Background imagePicketing Collection: Unemployed Picketers with Signs at Civil Works Administration

Unemployed Picketers with Signs at Civil Works Administration
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePicketing Collection: Garment Workers in Meeting with Hands Raised

Garment Workers in Meeting with Hands Raised
Rallying members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) raise their hands during a meeting in New York City

Background imagePicketing Collection: Unemployment Demonstration

Unemployment Demonstration
(Original Caption) 1932-New York: Unemployment demonstration in Union Square

Background imagePicketing Collection: View of Hunger Marchers Protesting

View of Hunger Marchers Protesting
Five hundred unemployed "Hunger Marchers" protest on Boston Common on their way to the State House. Marchers urged unemployment insurance and other relief measures

Background imagePicketing Collection: Pickets Near The Docks with a Noose

Pickets Near The Docks with a Noose
(Original Caption) 7/19/1934-San Pedro, CA- Pickets near the Luckenback and Panama Pacific Steamship Lines docks on Terminal Island

Background imagePicketing Collection: Textile Strikers with Signs on Backs

Textile Strikers with Signs on Backs
(Original Caption) 9/4/1934-Gastonia

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Jeer Couple Crossing Picket Line

Strikers Jeer Couple Crossing Picket Line
(Original Caption) 9/8/1934-Concord, NC- Strikers picketing the Cannon Textile Mill jeer a pair of non-striking workers as they arrive at the mill for work

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Drinking Iced Coffee

Strikers Drinking Iced Coffee
(Original Caption) 9/11/1934-North Charlotte, NC: Refreshment period on the picket line near the highland Park Mill #3. Here the strikers sentries are imbibing strong drink- Iced Coffee

Background imagePicketing Collection: Pickets Pass Time Playing Bridge

Pickets Pass Time Playing Bridge
(Original Caption) 9/11/34-North Charlotte, North Carolina: A peaceful idyll - if that is not hearing calumny on the game of bridge - on the picket line, near Highland Park Mill #3, here

Background imagePicketing Collection: Songwriter Picket Walks on Broadway

Songwriter Picket Walks on Broadway
(Original Caption) 5/23/1935-New York, New York- A restraining injunction prohibits mass picketing in New York, but strikers are permitted to picket alone or in pairs

Background imagePicketing Collection: Procession of General Motors Strikers Wives

Procession of General Motors Strikers Wives
(Original Caption) 2/1/1937-Flint, MI-Mrs

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers at Warner Brothers Studio

Strikers at Warner Brothers Studio
Members of the Federated Motion Picture Crafts picket at the lot of Warner Brothers Studio on May 7, 1937. | Location: Warner Brothers Studio, Hollywood, California, USA

Background imagePicketing Collection: Steel Worker Bites Picketer During Labor Strike

Steel Worker Bites Picketer During Labor Strike
(Original Caption) 5/13/1937-Aliquippa, Pennsylvania- The Reverend H.L

Background imagePicketing Collection: Animators Picketing Paramount Theater

Animators Picketing Paramount Theater
(Original Caption) 5/22/1937-New York, New York- Artists employed by Max Fleischer, who releases animated cartoons to the theaters

Background imagePicketing Collection: Wives And Sympathizers Leading Picket

Wives And Sympathizers Leading Picket
(Original Caption) 5/27/37-Indiana Harbor, Indiana: Wives and sympathizers leading the picket line at one of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company plants at Indiana Harbor, Ind. May 27th

Background imagePicketing Collection: Wives of Stiking Steel Workers Picketing

Wives of Stiking Steel Workers Picketing
(Original Caption) 6/2/1937-Chicago, IL- Wives of steel strikers picket City Hall in Chicago, protesting the acts of police in the battle near the Republic Steel Company plant in Chicago

Background imagePicketing Collection: Mill Worker Fights to Cross Picket Line

Mill Worker Fights to Cross Picket Line
(Original Caption) 6/14/1937-Johnstown, PA- A mill worker, in a black suit

Background imagePicketing Collection: Labor Organizer Addressing Open Meeting

Labor Organizer Addressing Open Meeting
A labor organizer speaks to Brooklyn shipyard workers in hopes of persuading them to strike

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers with Anti-Peaceful Signs

Picketers with Anti-Peaceful Signs
(Original Caption) 7/8/1937-Youngstown, OH- Peace has been established in the Ohio Steel strike district by the National Guard but the strike is still in progress

Background imagePicketing Collection: Women Protest Rent Increases

Women Protest Rent Increases
(Original Caption) 10/25/1937-New York, NY-As women pickets surround them, Mrs. Helen Fichtenbaum (L), and Mrs

Background imagePicketing Collection: United Automobile Workers Picket

United Automobile Workers Picket
(Original Caption) 11/25/37-St. Louis, Minnesota: United Automobile Workers pickets and police in front of the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in St. Louis, Mo

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Picketing Ford Motor Plant

Strikers Picketing Ford Motor Plant
(Original Caption) 12/1/1937-St

Background imagePicketing Collection: Dime Store Workers On Strike W/Signs

Dime Store Workers On Strike W/Signs
(Original Caption) - The Committee for Industrial Organizations has enlisted many of the dime store girls in its Department Store Employees Union

Background imagePicketing Collection: Chinese Garment Workers On Strike

Chinese Garment Workers On Strike
Four Chinese American women picket the National Dollar Store in their union's strike of the garment industry in San Francisco

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Picketing Brass Rail Restaurant

Strikers Picketing Brass Rail Restaurant
(Original Caption) 1/18/1939-New York, NY-Approximately 900 customers were guests of the Brass Rail Restaurant, provided they served themselves

Background imagePicketing Collection: Women Protesters Marching with Signs

Women Protesters Marching with Signs
(Original Caption) Protesting against the employment of married women in public service jobs, these women picketed Boston's famed cradle of liberty, the Faneuil Hall, last night

Background imagePicketing Collection: Pickets with Signs on Astor Place

Pickets with Signs on Astor Place
(Original Caption) 7/19/1939-New York, New York- A general view of the mass picketing by W.P.A. teachers in Astor Place in protest against new relief act provisions

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers Defending Father Divine

Picketers Defending Father Divine
(Original Caption) 3/18/1940-New York, NY- Pictured here are some of the 600 Father Divine "Angels" who picketed the New York Supreme Court building

Background imagePicketing Collection: Teachers Drink Coffee on Midnight Picket

Teachers Drink Coffee on Midnight Picket
(Original Caption) 4/17/1940-New York, New York- Teachers organizations

Background imagePicketing Collection: Transport Workers President Joins Picket

Transport Workers President Joins Picket
(Original Caption) 3/11/1941-New York, New York- Mike Quill, President of the Transport Union

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Attack Man Crossing Picket Line

Strikers Attack Man Crossing Picket Line
(Original Caption) 4/3/1941-Dearborn, MI-Pickets outside the main gate of the Ford River Rouge Plant give this well-dressed young man his wish

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picket Line

Picket Line
(Original Caption) Parading pickets stream in an endless chain outside entrances to the Ford River Rouge plant carrying banners that voice their strike sentiments

Background imagePicketing Collection: Group of Picketers Marching on Street

Group of Picketers Marching on Street
(Original Caption) Florence Chalton, age three, marches in picket line with her Dad, Samuel, outside the Ford River Rouge Plant. The plant has been closed since last Tuesday by a CIO strike

Background imagePicketing Collection: Union Workers Striking at Mill

Union Workers Striking at Mill
(Original Caption) 4/18/1941-Noxville, TN- Carrying signs reading "I Lost My Pants at Appalachian Mills

Background imagePicketing Collection: Soldiers Lead Away Striking Worker

Soldiers Lead Away Striking Worker
(Original Caption) 6/10/1941-Inglewood, CA-A North American Aircraft, Inc

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers Enveloped By Tear Gas Cloud

Picketers Enveloped By Tear Gas Cloud
(Original Caption) 6/10/41-Inglewood, California: Striking C.I.O

Background imagePicketing Collection: Pickets Outside Gulf Station

Pickets Outside Gulf Station
(Original Caption) 8/15/1941-New York, NY-Pickets parade up and down at the corner of Canal and Washington Streets

Background imagePicketing Collection: Mine Workers on Strike Crowd Around Bus

Mine Workers on Strike Crowd Around Bus
(Original Caption) 11/18/1941-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- Congress of Industrial Organizations pickets stop a bus at the Red Lion Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke Company in Fayette County

Background imagePicketing Collection: John Lewis Passes Through Picket Line

John Lewis Passes Through Picket Line
(Original Caption) 4/13/1943-New York, NY- With boos sounding loudly in his ears, John L

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketing Against Gerald L.K. Smith

Picketing Against Gerald L.K. Smith
(Original Caption) 6/28/1945- Los Angeles, CA- As Gerald L.K

Background imagePicketing Collection: Man Wearing Barrel During Demonstration

Man Wearing Barrel During Demonstration
Sheriff Kirk S. King pickets in a wooden barrel outside the Winnebago Price and Rationing Board

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Picket General Motors Plant

Strikers Picket General Motors Plant
(Original Caption) 11/24/1945-Detroit, MI-Workers of Local 15, UAW-CIO, line up outside General Motors Fisher Body Fleetwood plant, waiting to be allowed in, two at a time

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers Find Rain Shelter in Tent

Picketers Find Rain Shelter in Tent
(Original Caption) 11/28/1945-Detroit, MI-George Sherinan, picket captain of Local 163, General Motors diesel plant in Detroit, and John Scarpa, former G.I

Background imagePicketing Collection: Youth Group Delivers Food to Strikers

Youth Group Delivers Food to Strikers
(Original Caption) 12/8/1945-Linden, N.J.-Members of American Youth for Democracy, composed of high school and college students, bring food to strikers at the General Motors Linden plant

Background imagePicketing Collection: School Children Protest

School Children Protest
(Original Caption) The picketing epidemic has spread to include school children now. These scholars are shown as they picketed the Baltimore City Hall demanding busses to take them to school

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers March in Lines Outside Building

Strikers March in Lines Outside Building
(Original Caption) 1/8/1946-New York, NY- The picketing at the main offices of Western Union gained momentum as the first day of the strike wore on. This afternoon (Jan)

Background imagePicketing Collection: Actors and Singers at Western Union Picket

Actors and Singers at Western Union Picket
Sponsored by the "Staged for Action" group, Broadway stars went to 60 Hudson St. to relieve picketers at the Western Union Building

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers with Picket Signs Eat at Diner

Strikers with Picket Signs Eat at Diner
(Original Caption) 1/15/1946-Bloomfield, New Jersey- Striking Westinghouse workers wear their picket placards as they stop for a meal at a luncheonette near the Westinghouse plant in Bloomfield

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers in Snow Eating Crackers

Picketers in Snow Eating Crackers
(Original Caption) Pickets outside the General Electric Supply Corp

Background imagePicketing Collection: United Packing House Workers Strike in Chicago

United Packing House Workers Strike in Chicago
(Original Caption) On the picket line of the United Packing House Workers (CIO) at the Chicago Stockyards early today when the meat strike broke

Background imagePicketing Collection: Workers on Strike

Workers on Strike
(Original Caption) Two former service men, now employees at the General Electric plant here

Background imagePicketing Collection: Strikers Block Car from Passing Picket

Strikers Block Car from Passing Picket
(Original Caption) 1/17/1946-Kansas City, KS- A cordon of strikers outside Swift & Co. plant here bar a car from crosing the picket line until showing proper pass

Background imagePicketing Collection: Police with Tear Gas at U.S. Motor Strike

Police with Tear Gas at U.S. Motor Strike
(Original Caption) 1/19/1946-Los Angeles, CA-A general scene outside U.S. motor plant here showing clouds of tear gas real eased by police in effort to disperse 1, 500 rioting pickets

Background imagePicketing Collection: Gas-Masked Police Officers Drag Picket

Gas-Masked Police Officers Drag Picket
(Original Caption) 1/19/1946-Los Angeles, CA-At least one striker left the picket line the hard way at U.S. Motors plant here this morning

Background imagePicketing Collection: Picketers Patrol Inland Steel Company

Picketers Patrol Inland Steel Company
(Original Caption) 1/23/1946-Indiana Harbor, Indiana- A sign left over from wartime still stands outside the Indiana Harbor plant of the Inland Steel Corporation

Background imagePicketing Collection: Vetrans March on Capitol for Benefits

Vetrans March on Capitol for Benefits
(Original Caption) 1/25/1946- Harrisburg, PA- Veterans, all members of the United Electrical Workers (CIO) who are on nationwide strike

Background imagePicketing Collection: Police Fight with Picket Line by Factory

Police Fight with Picket Line by Factory
(Original Caption) 2/5/1946-Alameda, California- Police officers charging a picket line outside of the strike-bound Bethlehem Plant

Background imagePicketing Collection: Postal Workers Picket in Horse Wagon

Postal Workers Picket in Horse Wagon
(Original Caption) 2/22/1946-Detroit, Michigan- Mail carriers, who spend most of their day walking, are riding for a change

Background imagePicketing Collection: Children and Accordion Player Picketing

Children and Accordion Player Picketing
(Original Caption) 2/23/1946-Essington

Background imagePicketing Collection: Pickets Marching with Flags and Signs

Pickets Marching with Flags and Signs
(Original Caption) 3/4/1946-Bloomfield, New Jersey- Carrying the stars and stripes, and banners

Background imagePicketing Collection: Railroad Employees Picket Steel Mill

Railroad Employees Picket Steel Mill
(Original Caption) 5/24/1946-Pittsburgh, PA- Railroad employees picket the main gate of the Jones and Laughlin steel mill, in retaliation for the steel strike two months ago



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EDITORS COMMENTS

Picketing has long been a powerful tool for individuals and groups to voice their concerns, demand justice, and fight for their rights. From official picket lines outside major corporations like Vauxhall Motors in Dunstable to building workers disputing in Lambeth, South London, the act serves as a visible symbol of resistance. In one snapshot of history, NALGO union members can be seen passionately campaigning with placards, advocating for better working conditions and fair treatment. Similarly, protesters gather outside the South African embassy or at Lions games playing against South Africa to express their opposition towards injustice. Even politicians like Peter Hain have taken part in this form of activism by campaigning outside banks or other institutions that they believe are perpetuating inequality. Picketing becomes an avenue through which these public figures can amplify their message and rally support from the masses. Looking back further into time reveals iconic moments captured on film: roadside picketers holding signs that read "No More War" in 1922 USA; suffragists having their banners seized by police before reaching the U. S. Senate in 1918; suffragists standing resolutely outside the White House demanding passage of the 19th Amendment in 1917. The power is not limited to specific locations or eras either. In New York City during 1939, Dorothea Lange's lens captures four firms being picketed on bustling 42nd Street - a testament to how this method transcends boundaries and continues to be employed across different industries and causes. Whether it is disputes within industrial sectors or protests against societal injustices, picketing remains an enduring form of expression that allows individuals and communities alike to make their voices heard loud and clear.

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