(6596) Strikes, Violence, Maritime Workers, San Francisco, California, 1934

Two unidentified men attempt to assist another who was shot in the head during the San Francisco maritime workers strike.

Caption from the back of the photograph reads: “One of the casualties in the battling between strikers and police in San Francisco, July 5, when an attempt was made to open the port long tied up by a maritime strike. This striker was shot in the head.”

Photograph courtesy of the Edward Levinson Collection