Research Catalog

Title

International Labor Defense photographs

Author

International Labor Defense.

Publication

1926?-1946?

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
• International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
• United States. Office of War Information.

Found In

(CstRLIN) NYPW89-A117.

Description

• 2281 items (4.3 cu. ft., 19 boxes); 20 x 26 cm.
• 1 stat : b&w ;
• 6 photonegatives : b&w ;
• 1 photomechanical print : col. ;
• 52 photomechanical prints : b&w ;
• 2221 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Photographs, many from news services such as International News Photos, collected by the International Labor Defense (ILD) documenting not only the labor and civil rights causes in which ILD was involved, but also examples worldwide of injustice and oppression occurring, with a few exceptions, during the 1920s through the mid 1940s.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Strikebreakers
• Courtrooms > 1920-1949
• Police > 1920-1949
• United States > National Guard
• Mounted police > 1920-1949
• Soldiers > 1920-1949
• Electricians' strikes > 1930-1949
• Children > 1920-1949
• Photomechanical prints > Color > 1920-1949
• Courthouses > 1920-1949
• Strikes > 1920-1949
• Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939
• Demonstrations > 1920-1949
• Labor unions > Officials and employees
• Postcards > 1930-1949
• Public speaking > 1920-1949
• Religious services > 1920-1949
• Group portraits > 1920-1949
• Military maneuvers > 1920-1949
• Automobile industry strikes > 1930-1949
• Lynchings > United States > 1920-1949
• Pickets > 1920-1949
• Floods > 1920-1949
• Funeral rites & ceremonies > 1920-1949
• Steel industry strikes > 1930-1949
• Judicial proceedings > 1920-1949
• Crowds > 1920-1949
• Vandalism > 1920-1949
• Textile industry strikes > 1930-1949
• Miners' strikes > 1930-1949
• Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1920-1949
• Bonus Expeditionary Forces
• Law enforcement > 1920-1949
• Photonegatives > 1920-1949
• General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
• Auto-Lite (Firm) Strike, Toledo, Ohio, 1934
• Meetings > 1920-1949
• Military parades & ceremonies > 1920-1949
• Riot control > 1920-1949
• Riots > 1920-1949
• Aerial photographs > 1930-1949
• Communists > 1920-1949
• International Labor Defense
• Stats > 1920-1949
• Photomechanical prints > 1920-1949
• War games > United States > 1920-1949
• Bonus Expeditionary Force
• Evictions > 1920-1949
• Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934
• Portrait photographs > 1920-1949

Genre/Form

• Aerial photographs – 1930-1949.
• Group portraits – 1920-1949.
• Postcards – 1930-1949.
• Portrait photographs – 1920-1949.
• Photonegatives – 1920-1949.
• Photomechanical prints – 1920-1949.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1949.
• Photomechanical prints – Color – 1920-1949.
• Stats – 1920-1949.

Note

• Many photographs bear photo agency's handstamp on verso. Many itmes bear printed captions attached to verso; some items bear captions printed on verso; some items bear handwritten captions on verso. Some items are duplicates; some items are cropped or bear cropping marks.
• Collection contains work by Acme Newspictures, International News Photos, and the Office of War Information, among others.

Biography (note)

• Established by the Communist party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress.

Linking Entry (note)

• Photographs transferred from the International Labor Defense records in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center.

Call Number

Sc Photo International Labor Defense Collection

OCLC

NYPG087000342-F

Author

International Labor Defense.

Title

International Labor Defense photographs

Imprint

1926?-1946?

Linking Entry

Photographs transferred from the International Labor Defense records in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center.

Biography

Established by the Communist party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress.

Connect to:

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Finding aid

Added Author

Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

United States. Office of War Information.

Found In:

(CstRLIN) NYPW89-A117.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo International Labor Defense Collection