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Title
Police using a fire hose to quell unrest during the 1912 I.W.W. riot
Creator
[Unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued
1912 1912
Publication Information
San Diego Historical Society
Contributing Institution
San Diego History Center (formerly San Diego Historical Society)
Collection
California Border Region Digitization Project
Rights Information
All San Diego Historical Society photographs are protected by international copyright and are the exclusive property of the San Diego Historical Society. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/orderjoin/copyright.htm
Description
The Industrial Workers of the World were also known as Wobblies. Negative envelope states: Running IWW [sic] out of town with horses.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : film, b&w, 4 x 5 in. JPEG
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2000142d
80_4258 CD M0172 (4006-2131-7526) 80_4258 ark:/13030/kt2000142d
Language
English
Subject
Government; Industry; People Local government; Labor; Groups Labor unions; Riot control; Riots
Place
San Diego (Calif.)

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