Troops massed for attempt to break general textile strike

Rhode Island National Guardsmen on duty in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where fatal riots regarding the textile strike were taking place.

Publication date: 1934-09-17

Size: 12.2 x 15 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Woonsocket (R.I.)

Subject(s):

• Rhode Island. National Guard--People--Rhode Island--Woonsocket--1930-1940
• Riot control--Rhode Island--Woonsocket--1930-1940
• Textile industry strikes--Rhode Island--Woonsocket--1930-1940
• Woonsocket Rayon Company--Riots & demonstrations--Rhode Island--Woonsocket--1930-1940
• Woonsocket Rayon Company--Strikes--Rhode Island--Woonsocket--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (September 17, 1934), p. 32

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)