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Strike at Dunning Field in St. Paul

Representatives of the Workers Alliance and the Workers Benefit Association lead the move at Dunning Field, St. Paul, to take thirty-five men off a building job, 1939.

Strike at the WPA gravel pit project

Police, strikers, and workers at the Works Progress Administration gravel pit at Hidden Falls Park, July 1939.

Strike headquarters

Strike headquarters, 1934.

Striking Hormel workers march with signs

For almost a year, picketing, marches, and rallies were held by Local P-9 to protest unsafe working conditions and wage cuts at Hormel. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).

Striking Hormel workers on April 10, 1986

The nation watched the Hormel strike on the evening news and read about it in newspapers while union leaders across the world watched, waiting to see how long Local P-9 could hold its position. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).

Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan.

Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan, 1937. The Minnesota Timber Workers Union sent its organizers to coordinate the Michigan strike.

Stripping overburden for ore, Mesabi Iron Range

Machinery at work stripping overburden for ore on the Mesabi Iron Range c.1905.

Strunk Saloon in Hanover

Strunk Saloon in Hanover, ca. 1906.

Strutwear Knitting Company employees

Strutwear Knitting Company employees at the firm’s Minneapolis factory, ca. 1936. Photo by Philip C. Dittes.

Student bedroom inside Graham Hall

Student bedroom inside Graham Hall, 1912 or 1913. A limited number of Graham Hall students, most of them with families outside Minneapolis, boarded at the school. Image is from the Graham Hall School annual catalog, 1912–1913.

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