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1929-1939: The Great Depression > San Francisco General Strike

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Title: Picket parade [5-10-1934?]
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

The images in this group capture moments from a pivotal episode in the rise of organized labor in the United States: San Francisco’s 1934 General Strike marked the first time a major US port city was completely shut down by a strike. Photographs show picketers, as well as some of the violence that occurred when strikers clashed with police.

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