Armed Soldiers At 10th And Luzerne Photograph, 1944
Permanent ID:
17147
Call number:
V7 3743
Date:
August 8 1944
Image Description:
A photograph showing armed soldiers outside the Philadelphia Transportation Company bus depot at 10th and Luzerne. In 1944, white transit workers went on strike to protest the decision by the PTC to allow black workers to hold non-menial positions. In order to break the strike, the functions of the PTC were temporarily handed over to the U.S. military.
Inscription:
Armed soldiers at 10th + Luzerne
Pic shows changing of the guard
(Verso)
Format:
Photographs