Striker Collection

Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897. Men wait, locked out of the East India Docks, probably during a strike in which the dock workers demanded fair pay

'The Strike at Sydney; Wool being conveyed by the Owners with the help of Friends and Special Const Creator
'The Strike at Sydney; Wool being conveyed by the Owners with the help of Friends and Special Constables to the Wharves, 1890. From "The Graphic

The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891
'The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument: Firing the Bush, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

'The Strike of Dock Labourers at Melbourne; "Freemen" Escaping in a boat from an attack of the Union Men, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Outside FSA "grant" office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) "grant" office during cotton pickers strike

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Speaker, migratory worker, Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Speaker, migratory worker, leader in the cotton strike, at Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization (Steinbeck Committee), Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, California Applications for "grants" during cotton pickers strike, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Applications for "grants" during cotton pickers strike

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexicans, field laborers, on strike in cotton picking season, apply to Farm Security Administration (FSA) for relief. Bakersfield, California

During the cotton strike, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
During the cotton strike, the International Labor Defense distributes clothing and shoes to destitute families of striking cotton pickers. Kern County, California

Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Striking longshoremen during the waterfront strike in San Francisco, California

Scene During The Preston Strike, c1890. Artist: William Rainey
Scene During The Preston Strike, c1890. Part of the 1842 General Strike or Plug Plot Riots. These strikes and disturbances were prompted by depression in 1841-2 which resulted in wage cuts of over

Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen &
Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888

Meeting of pitmen, on Pittington Hill, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of pitmen, on Pittington Hill, 1844. Procession of miners in County Durham. An unfortunate difference at present exists between the pitmen and the coal owners

Pitmen encamped, (in Northumberland and Durham), 1844. Creator: Unknown
Pitmen encamped, (in Northumberland and Durham), 1844. The unfortunate dispute between the coal-owners and pitmen of the north of England still continues

The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Female telephone operators on strike in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. One of many strikes that broke out in the United States in 1919

Girl employees of Woolworths five and dime store, West Fourteenth Street, New York, USA, 1937. Sleeping on the floor of the store during their strike in March 1937

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist
Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. 1912 saw a number of industrial disputes, most notably a strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). Artist: William Rainey
Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon
Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Two miners from the Yorkshire town were killed when troops opened fire during a strike

Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917. The Putilov Plant was a large machine-building factory in St Petersburg

The Miners Strike in Carmaux, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 1st October 1892

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877
Riot by Baltimore-Ohio Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA, 1877. The riot occurred after workers went on strike because the company cut their wages

London Dockers Strike, September 1889. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5 pence per hour) but it failed

London dock labourers strike, 1889. Scenes along the strikers procession. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5p) per hour, but it failed

A strike in Paris, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
A strike in Paris, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd October 1898

Laundresses strike, 1891. A strikers leader addressing a meeting in Hyde Park, London. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 27 June 1891)

Strike, 1895. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Strike, 1895

Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. The Union representative in the centre is told that, had the workers had a vote, they would not have voted to strike

Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. A disgusted housemaid shuts the gate to the basement kitchen to the local bobby. There had been a rash of strikes during the year including bakers and carpenters

Strike Home!, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strike Home!, 1872. The baker is on strike and the British worker wonders where he will get his dinner from. This relates to the strike amongst bakers which followed hard on the heels of

The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861. Illustrating the plight of the worker committed to a union. The union man, involved in a strike over which he now has no control

The British Slave, 1861. The worker, a bricklayer, has been on strike, but, looking at his distressed wife and children, has realised his family needs him to return to work

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