Will Work for Uncle Sam- Gordon Murray of Cambridge, left, fireman of the Shore Line Express of the New Haven Railroad, and Ira A. Ballou of Providence, engineer, learned of the government's decision to take over the railroads to avert a strike, when they finished their run at the South Station last night.

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Will Work for Uncle Sam- Gordon Murray of Cambridge, left, fireman of the Shore Line Express of the New Haven Railroad, and Ira A. Ballou of Providence, engineer, learned of the government's decision to take over the railroads to avert a strike, when they finished their run at the South Station last night.

[ca. May 1946]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Rail Workers: Mass.

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