Johnson [and] Keppler (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Johnson [and] Keppler
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Photograph shows Johnson and Keppler in front of a doughnut and
cruller truck.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19583
Call Number: LC-B2- 3551-4
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holloway steve added this photo to his favorites. (5 weeks ago)
holloway steve (5 weeks ago | reply)
fantastic
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (4 weeks ago | reply)
Bridgeport Strike Reported Settled; Machinists' Leader, Keppler, So Announces, but Other Union Leaders Say It's Still On. Gompers To Visit Scene. Result of Washington Conference -About 500 More Munition Workers Go Out, Making 900 in All.
July 22, 1915
Bridgeport, Conn., July 21, 1915. Through a haze of uncertainties these developments of today stand out in the Remington arms strike situation ...
J. J. Keppler, International Vice President of the Machinists Union in 1915
John A. Johnson, International Vice President of the Ironworkers Union in 1915
technogeo added this photo to his favorites. (4 weeks ago)
technogeo (4 weeks ago | reply)
I knew there was more to the story than just "Old Fashion Doughnuts and Crullers!"
thomas line, Itinerant Wanderer, and vostok71 added this photo to their favorites.
vostok71 (4 weeks ago | reply)
awesome image
swanq (4 weeks ago | reply)
The New York Times Current History: The European war, Volume 4, 1915
books.google.com/books?id=DLjBshFw3ZIC&pg =PA953&l...
indicates that these two "inaugurated" the big strike at the Remington Works in July 1915.
It is hard to work out whether it should be Johnson or Johnston. This NYT History volume uses the "t."
Pete (LOC P&P) (4 weeks ago | reply)
thanks for the background information and link. We will update the record.
Christiane Necker, stigc, and zabedin54 added this photo to their favorites.
zabedin54 (4 weeks ago | reply)
I am amazed by the exceptional quality of the photo.
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