(6589) Strikes, Violence, Street Car Strike, South Omaha, Nebraska, 1935

A view of a smoking and charred street car, destroyed during the South Omaha street car strike.

Caption on the back of the photograph reads: “South Omaha, NE street car union strikers and sympathizers burned five cars, and one man was killed and at least 16 wounded resisting police orders to disperse. As a result of the rioting, the National Guard was called out. Photo shows two of the street cars going up in flames.”

Photograph courtesy of the Edward Levinson Collection