Fearing a gas attack is imminent, these women in the picket line outside the Newton Steel plant at Monroe Mich., have placed their handkerchiefs across their faces. They are shown just before the outbreak of a steel strike battle between pickets and vigilantes.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Fearing a gas attack is imminent, these women in the picket line outside the Newton Steel plant at Monroe Mich., have placed their handkerchiefs across their faces. They are shown just before the outbreak of a steel strike battle between pickets and vigilantes.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1937]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Steelworkers

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