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Police with guns on a Minneapolis street during the strike, 1934.
Strike headquarters, 1934.
Police and strikers, 1934.
Oil on board painting of strike headquarters, 1934. Painting by Jerry Hudson.
Vincent R. Dunne, strike committee member, arrested and held at the provost guard stockade at the state fairgrounds, 1934.
Tear gas being used on demonstrators during the truck drivers’ strike, 1934.
Police carrying shotguns during the truck drivers’ strike, 1934.
Street scene, truck drivers' strike, 1934.
Street scene, Truck drivers’ strike, 1934.
National Guard troops keeping a crowd back during a raid on strike headquarters in Minneapolis, 1934.