Research Catalog

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Additional authors

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

Found in

1. (CstRLIN) NYPW89-A117.

Description

1. 2281 items (4.3 cu. ft., 19 boxes); 20 x 26 cm.

Summary

1. 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

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. International Labor Defense
2. Bonus Expeditionary Forces
3. Bonus Expeditionary Force
4. Pickets > 1920-1949
5. Demonstrations > 1920-1949
6. Riots > 1920-1949
7. Strikes > 1920-1949
8. General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
9. Auto-Lite (Firm) Strike, Toledo, Ohio, 1934
10. Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934
11. Textile industry strikes > 1930-1949
12. Steel industry strikes > 1930-1949
13. Miners' strikes > 1930-1949
14. Electricians' strikes > 1930-1949
15. Automobile industry strikes > 1930-1949
16. Riot control > 1920-1949
17. Police > 1920-1949
18. Mounted police > 1920-1949
19. Lynchings > United States > 1920-1949
20. Public speaking > 1920-1949
21. Meetings > 1920-1949
22. Funeral rites & ceremonies > 1920-1949
23. Labor unions > Officials and employees
24. Vandalism > 1920-1949
25. Military parades & ceremonies > 1920-1949
26. Floods > 1920-1949
27. Evictions > 1920-1949
28. Soldiers > 1920-1949
29. Communists > 1920-1949
30. Law enforcement > 1920-1949
31. Religious services > 1920-1949
32. Courtrooms > 1920-1949
33. Judicial proceedings > 1920-1949
34. Courthouses > 1920-1949
35. Crowds > 1920-1949
36. Military maneuvers > 1920-1949
37. War games > United States > 1920-1949
38. Children > 1920-1949
39. Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
40. Strikebreakers
41. Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939
42. United States > National Guard

Genre/Form

1. Aerial photographs – 1930-1949.
2. Group portraits – 1920-1949.
3. Postcards – 1930-1949.
4. Portrait photographs – 1920-1949.
5. Photonegatives – 1920-1949.
6. Photomechanical prints – 1920-1949.
7. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1949.
8. Photomechanical prints – Color – 1920-1949.
9. Stats – 1920-1949.

Call number

1. Sc Photo International Labor Defense Collection

Note

1. 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.
2. Collection contains work by Acme Newspictures, International News Photos, and the Office of War Information, among others.

Biography (note)

1. 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)

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

Author

1. International Labor Defense.

Title

1. International Labor Defense photographs

Imprint

1. 1926?-1946?

Linking entry

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

Biography

1. 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:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Added author

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

Found in:

1. (CstRLIN) NYPW89-A117.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo International Labor Defense Collection