Title

White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service.

Caption

White Wings under police protection, 1911. Shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets, during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Date

20th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A22_089

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 17,2in x 11,5in / 5146 x 3454 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building people male library work employment job man men health walking historical protection New York New York City worker country law white guy occupation color Central America protected photography police strike policeman policemen location century protect protective profession rubbish garbage overalls photograph sweeping concept trash negative photo refuse law enforcement B&W full length new york state full-length Library of Congress month sanitation United States of America Colour road sweeper November black & white black and white B W white and black 1910s 20th century public health street sweeper workers American history historic America USA industrial action TGN outside street building exterior photograph portrait refuse collection united states white colour Bain George Graham Congressional Library 1911 Heritage Art glass negative glass negative strikebreaking strikebreaker still image eleventh month press photography Bain News Service George Graham Bain George Grantham Bain White Wings