(6594) Strikes, Miners, Picker, Oklahoma, 1937

Workers march in a demonstration during the Picker miners strike.

Caption on the back of the photograph reads: “Pick handles upraised, a group of Tri-state union miners is shown as they started a march to Galena, KS, which ended when a burst of gunfire ripped through the ranks of the parading workers. Nine were wounded.”

Photograph courtesy of the Edward Levinson Collection

(6594) Strikes, Miners, Picker, Oklahoma, 1937
Date: 
1937-04-12
Physdesc: 
Photograph
Photographer: 
Unknown