Industrial Workers of the World photograph collection, approximately 1910-1949
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Industrial Workers of the World photograph collection
- Dates
- approximately 1910-1949 (inclusive)19101940
- Quantity
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122 photographic prints (2 boxes, 1 folder) ; sizes vary
2 negatives - Collection Number
- PH0922
- Summary
- Activities of the Industrial Workers of the World including protests and people killed while protesting
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Access to original photographs is restricted. Contact Special Collections for further information.
- Languages
- English
Historical Background
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was a radical labor organization founded in Chicago in 1905 that was most active between the turn of the century and the 1930s. The Wobblies, as they were known, believed there must be radical changes in American capitalism to improve the oppressive conditions that workers faced, including an overthrow of the employing class. Many IWW members believed in socialist or communist ideology and some advocated whatever means necessary to effect change, including sabotage and violence. The Seattle chapter of the IWW was also founded in 1905 and contributed to the city’s reputation as a hotbed of labor radicalism. The local office showed a keen interest in labor and Wobbly-related activities across the nation, but most of its activities focused on organizing labor within the state. The Wobblies experienced a decline in popularity beginning during World War II, and the decline continued due to the anti-Communist sentiment of post-war America. As it was no longer able to function effectively, the Seattle IWW office closed in 1965. However, the national IWW is still active today.
Content Description
This collection contains photographs and photographic postcards that pertain to the members and activities of the IWW, including meetings, strikes, rallies, raids and funerals. This collection also includes photographs of IWW-related buildings such as union halls. Photographs of people depict leaders, organizers and other IWW affiliates. Photographs of IWW documents show signage, fliers and newspaper articles pertinent to the IWW.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donor: IWW Seattle Office, May 18, 1965.
Processing Note
Processed by Erin Berg and Senteara Orwig; processing completed in 2012.
Photos transferred from IWW Seattle Joint Branches Records, Mss. Acc. No. 0544-001, circa 1960s; photos transferred from Social Issues files, 2011.
Separated Materials
Material Described Separately:Detailed Description of the Collection
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SERIES I: EVENTS & ACTIVITIES, 1910s-1959
These photographs primarily depict IWW strikes, rallies and funerals that occurred chiefly in the western United States, particularly Washington state. Many of the photographs document the bodies of IWW members who were killed and their subsequent funerals. The photographs, particularly those showing corpses and police brutality, were likely used or intended to be used in IWW publications and propaganda.
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Subseries A: San Diego Free Speech Rally, San Diego, California
The San Diego Free Speech Rally began in February 1912, when an ordinance went into effect, which banned public speaking in an area encompassing 49-square blocks of downtown San Diego, including “soapbox row.” As many as 5,000 Wobblies gathered to protest at the corner of 5th & E streets, leading to enough arrests to successfully over-crowd the local jails. By fall of 1912, private vigilantes drove the Wobblies out of town via terrorization.
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Description: Man speaking to crowdDates: 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
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Description: Woman speaking to crowdDates: 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2
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Description: Photographic postcard of police spraying crowd with water
Written on verso: Photo from second floor of Hotel Richmond about 12:30 P.M.
Dates: March 10, 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3 -
Description: Photographic postcard of crowd being sprayed with water in front of police court building and new city jail at 732 Second Street
Written on verso: 5000 people being moved a la Aquatic route + never mind - Spreckles has lot of water - on the brain!
Dates: 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4 -
Description: Photographic postcard of 4 men standing in front of buildingTom Walsh, San Diego, CA (photographer)
Written on verso: Left to right ? - Jack Law, Jack Whyte, Stanley Gue
Dates: 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5
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Subseries B: Lawrence Textile Strike Trial, Lawrence, Massachusetts
On January 1, 1912, a new law went into effect in Massachusetts, reducing the maximum number of hours in a work week from 56 to 54. Employers retaliated by reducing pay to match the reduction in hours. Joseph Ettor of the IWW and Arturo Giovanitti of the Italian Socialist Federation and Socialist Party of America, were both organizers of the Lawrence Textile Strike of over 20,000 workers. In September of 1912, Ettor and Giovanitti were tried and acquitted for the murder of one of the strikers, who was most likely killed by local police.
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Dates: September 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 6
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Subseries C: Everett Massacre, Everett, Washington
The Everett Massacre occurred on November 5, 1916. 300 Seattle IWW workers boarded two ships headed for Everett, where they planned to give a public demonstration. When the first ship arrived at the dock, 200 citizen deputies were waiting to stop the Wobblies from demonstrating. Shooting broke out between the two parties, leaving at least 5 Wobblies and 2 sheriffs dead, as well as 47 other participants wounded.
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Sub-subseries A: Victims, November 5, 1916
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Description: Photographic postcard of Felix Baran in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 7 -
Description: Photographic postcard of Hugo Gerlot in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 8 -
Description: Photographic postcard of John Looney in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 9 -
Description: Photographic postcard of Abraham Rabinowitz in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 10 -
Description: Photographic postcard of John Looney, Hugo Gerlot, Felix Baran and Abraham Rabinowitz in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 11 -
Description: Printed postcard of John Looney, Hugo Gerlot, Felix Baran and Abraham Rabinowitz in morgue
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 12 -
Description: Photographic postcard of Gus Johnson in casket
Printed on verso: Died for Free Speech!! The Everett Massacre, Bloody Sunday, Nov. 5, 1916. Send help to: Box 1878, Seattle, Wash.
Dates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 13 -
Description: Plaster heads molded of Hugo Gerlot, Abraham Rabinowitz, Gus Johnson, Felix Baran and John LooneyDates: November 5, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 14
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Sub-subseries B: Funeral of Felix Baran, Hugo Gerlot and John Looney, November 18, 1916
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Description: Postcard of funeral attendees gathered by coffinsDates: November 18, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 15
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Description: Headstones for Baran, Gerlot and Looney in graveyardDates: November 18, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 16
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Description: Funeral attendees gathered by headstonesDates: November 18, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 17
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Description: Funeral attendees holding IWW books and postersDates: November 18, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 18-19
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Subseries D: Free Speech Fight, Sacramento, California
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Dates: circa 1918Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 19a
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Subseries E: Seattle General Strike, Seattle, Washington
The Seattle General Strike was a joint effort by several local unions, including the IWW. 65,000 workers walked out of work from February 6, 1919 to February 11, 1919, in a protest against World War I wage controls. 39 Wobblies were arrested. Although the strikers succeeded in nationally publicizing their grievances, the strike was ultimately called off by senior union leaders.
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Description: Man speaking to crowdDates: February 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 20
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Dates: February 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 21
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Subseries F: IWW Picnic, Seattle, Washington
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Description: Large group of IWW members at picnic, Seattle, Washington
A banner hanging above the group with a picture of a man in jail says:Remember!We're in For You. Will you out there remember us? Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps and cash from $5.00 and up accepted here as loan for bail of Class War Prisoners--All Together-All for One and One For All.
Dates: July 20, 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 22
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Subseries G: Raid on New York office and prosecutions of IWW members
Nation-wide raids were carried out on IWW offices between 1919 and 1922 to try to suppress the activities of the IWW. There was also increasing violence directed toward the IWW members and the government used the IWW anti-war sentiment to turn public opinion against the IWW.
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Description: Raid of IWW Headquarters, New York, NYDates: November 15, 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 23
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Description: Seven of the original ten Centralia Tragedy defendantsA. C. Girard, Aberdeen, WA (photographer)
The Centralia Tragedy occurred on November 11, 1919, when the IWW Hall in Centralia, Washington was attacked during the Armistice Day parade. The attackers, mostly members of the American Legion, broke down the windows and doors. In retaliation, IWW members killed and injured several of the attackers. Ten IWW members were put on trial for murder.
Back row - left to right: Bert Bland, John Lamb, Britt Smith, James McInerhey; Front row - left to right: O.C. Bland, Roy Becker, Eugene Barnett
Dates: 1921Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 24 -
Description: IWW prisoners just before surrendering at federal penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas
The federal government tried and convicted 150 IWW members with conspiracy to obstruct the war. Cases were brought against IWW members in Chicago, IL, Wichita, KS and Sacramento, CA. The convicted members were sent to a prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Dates: circa 1922Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 25 -
Description: IWW prisoners just before surrendering at federal penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas
Enlargement of item 25.
Dates: circa 1922Container: Box folder:oversize XH6, Item 25a -
Description: Funeral of Frank HastingsJ.J. Kneisle (photographer)
Caption on front: Funeral of Frank Hastings under auspices of the IWW Seattle, Washington. Written on verso: Man in 1st row, kneeling is Herb Edwards
Frank Hastings received a four to ten year prison sentence for violating the Washington State criminal syndicalism law by being a member of the IWW. Herb Edwards (1894-1976) was a Norwegian immigrant who worked as a NW woodsman and bottle maker. In 1923, he became a class-war prisoner after being convicted of criminal syndicalism. He was dismissed multiple times for wobbly organizational efforts in labor camps.
Dates: Mar 2, 1923Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 26
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Subseries H: San Pedro Free Speech Fight
The San Pedro Free Speech fight began on November 8, 1922, when Wobblies holding public meetings at the corner of Fourth and Beacon streets in San Pedro, California. Although police initially allowed meetings to carry on, the rally eventually led to mass arrests of Wobblies as well as the San Pedro Raid.
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Dates: circa 1923Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 27-28
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Dates: circa 1922-1923Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 29-30
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Subseries I: San Pedro Raid
The San Pedro Raid occurred at the San Pedro IWW hall on June 14, 1924. Thugs destroyed the hall and scalded children of IWW members.
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Sub-Subseries A: Victims of the San Pedro Raid, circa June 14, 1924
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Description: Child burn victim Andrew Kruglis
Written on verso: Andrew Kruglis, age 9 is in a serious condition. He was the first one out of the Hall. As the fiends came rushing in, Andrew ran as fast as he could for a block when overcome by a man in blue who threw a pot of boiling grease on his bare legs. Note the blotches on his knee and right foot where the new skin has formed. The bandaged portions are where the wounds are deep. He is baring [sic] his misfortunes, but has several weeks more to suffer.
Written on verso of duplicate: Andrew Kulcis, age 12. Legs scalded in raid at San Pedro June 14th.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 31 -
Description: Child burn victim May Sundstedt laying on bed
Written on verso: May Sundstedt age 9, a beautiful refined high school danceress [sic] and a favorite among the workers of San Pedro where she was born. Her mother, a sturdy woman of Finnish birth was also beaten and clubbed by the savage mob, who attacked the I.W.W. Hall on June 14th. Scores of others were also clubbed, burned, tarred and feathered. It was the children who suffered the worst. And the fiends came...
Written on verso of duplicate: May Sundstedt age 12. Scalded in the Raid at San Pedro June 14th.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 32 -
Description: Child burn victim May Sundstedt laying on bed
Written on verso: May Sundstedt age 12. Scalded in the Raid at San Pedro June 14th.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 33 -
Description: Child burn victim May Sundstedt laying on bed with back to camera
Photo is torn.
Written on verso: May Sundstedt age 12. Body scalded from her hips down.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 34 -
Description: May Sundstedt laying on bed and other attendees at funeral of Mrs. SundstedtE. F. Moffett (photographer)
Written on verso: Little May Sundstedt in attendance at the burial of the one who, while still alive, protected and cared for her with her little brother and sister. May was horribly scalded by mob who destroyed I.W.W. Hall on June 14th about 50 days previous. She is still in a very critical condition and may soon follow her mother on the long journey from which no one ever returns. Note the determined look on the fellow workers in the picture who are paying their respects to one who has ably fought with them in San Pedro.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 35 -
Description: Sundstedt children at their mother's funeralE. F. Moffett (photographer)
Written on verso: What is left of the Sundstedt family after the breadwinner was placed away in bier at the Wilmington cemetery. From left to right, Lillie age 8 who was burnt about the legs, May age 13 nearly killed by same mob who clubbed her mother and scalded her and her little sister, and Elmer age 11. In order to attend the funeral of her mother little May who has not left her bed now for over 50 days was taken to the cemetery on a stretcher. She may not live long as the result of the scald she suffered. This once happy little brood is now broken up.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 36 -
Description: Attendees of funeral for Mrs. SundstedtE. F. Moffett (photographer)
Written on verso: No greater tribute was given to anyone. Taken just as the remains of The Fellow Worker, Mrs. Sundstedt were being placed into the hearse about to take her last ride after a short [preliminary] service held in the mortuary. (More pictures to follow.)
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 37 -
Description: Funeral procession for Mrs. Sundstedt
Written on verso: Services lasting over an hour with services appropriate to occasion by fellow workers and friends. Beginning with a song in English “The Red Flag.” After which recitation and speeches by his fellow workers followed. The services ended with the last verse of same song. As we marched away the revolutionary funeral song was sung by a group of Russian workers. Mrs. Sundsedt, as well as her little family, were loved by her fellow workers of San Pedro.
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 38 -
Dates: circa June 14, 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 39
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Sub-Subseries B: E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Pedro, CA
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Description: View of E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and nearby railroad tracks
Written on verso: The children confined to the hospital are so seriously burned that the attending doctor refused us to take photos of them yet. It is now nearly three weeks since they’ve fell, beaten, and scalded by the protectors of the profiteers in the name of Americanism. (More pictures follow later ~ E.F.M.)
Dates: circa July 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 40 -
Description: View of E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and nearby railroad tracks
Written on verso: Views of the labor where greed reigns supreme. The only ones arrested by the police so far are the relief committee taking care of the baby sufferers.
Dates: circa July 1924Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 41
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Subseries J: Colorado Mine Strike
The Colorado Mine Strike was organized by the IWW, resulting in the shutdown of 113 of 125 Colorado coal mines between 1927 and 1928. The strike led to the successful unionization of the mine workers and subsequent recognition by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.
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Description: 42: Postcard of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After a series of highly controversial trials, Sacco and Venzetti were executed on August 23, 1927. That same month, IWW members participated in a three-day protest of the pending executions. In Walsenburg, Colorado over 1,100 coal miners joined the protest, leading directly to the Colorado Mine Strike of 1927-1928.
Dates: circa August 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/14 -
Sub-Subseries A: Columbine Mine Massacre, Colorado
The Columbine Mine Massacre occurred on November 21, 1927 amidst the general Colorado Mine Strike of 1927-1928. 500 mine workers and their families were denied access into the town of Serene, Colorado near the Columbine Mine. Militia men and police used rifles and tear gas grenades to hold back the miners, who attempted to climb the gates into Serene. At least six people were killed and over sixty were injured.
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Description: Body of Columbine Mine Massacre victim Mike Vidovitch on view in living roomShotz, Louisville, Colorado (photographer)
On front: Murdered by State Police at Columbine Mine, at Nov 21st 1927 Erie Colorado
Dates: circa November 21, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 43 -
Description: Body of Columbine Mine Massacre victim Rene Jacques on view in living roomShotz, Louisville, Colorado (photographer)
On front: Murdered by State Police at Columbine Mine, at Nov 21st 1927 Erie Colorado
Dates: circa November 21, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 44 -
Description: Bodies of Columbine Mine Massacre victims Frank Kovich and Jerry Davis on view in living roomShotz, Louisville, Colorado (photographer)Dates: circa November 21, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 45
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Description: Bodies of two Columbine Mine Massacre victims on view in living roomShotz, Louisville, Colorado (photographer)Dates: circa November 21, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 46
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Sub-Subseries B: Trinidad Hall Raid, Trinidad, Colorado, December 27, 1927
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Dates: December 27, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 47
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Dates: December 27, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 48
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Description: Mrs. Cardinal's bedroom in rear of Trinidad Hall in disarray after the raid, Trinidad, ColoradoDates: December 27, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 49
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Description: John Cardinal's bedroom in Trinidad Hall in disarray after the raid, Trinidad, ColoradoDates: December 27, 1927Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 50
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Sub-Subseries C: Walsenburg Shooting, Walsenburg, Colorado
The Walsenburg shooting occurred at the Walsenburg IWW Hall on January 28, 1928.
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Description: Gunman M. Lopaz, Walsenburg, Colorado
Caption on verso: M. Lopaz, gunman trusty from jail 1/12/26 WALSENBURG
Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 51 -
Description: Man holding gun in street, Walsenburg, ColoradoDates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 52
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Description: Men in street, Walsenburg, ColoradoDates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 53-54
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Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 55
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Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 56
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Description: Walsenburg Hall front showing damage from shooting, Walsenburg, Colorado
Caption on verso: Walsenburg hall immediately after shooting Jan. 12th 1928. Huge hole was caused by machine gun. 22 other holes in window also. The Spectator.
Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 57 -
Description: Striking coal miners gathered outside the Pol'ska Hala and Walsenburg Hall after the shooting, Walsenburg, Colorado
Caption on verso: Walsenburg striking coal miners assembled in front of their hall after shooting of January 12th, 1928. Single story building is where Chevaz was murdered. Other Bldg. houses strike committee upper half soup kitchen lower half. Upper half is where State police claim Chevz (sic) was killed. Stairway leading upstairs was also riddled with bullets from machine gun. The Spectator.
Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 58 -
Description: Bodies of Walsenburg shooting victims Celestino Martinez and Klementi Chevaz, Walsenburg, Colorado
Caption on verso: Bodies of Celestino Martinez age 15 (first) and Klementi Chevaz age 41 murdered Jan. 12th 1928 Walsenburg Colorado. Martinez was shot in back, bullet leaving body at mid rib. Was shot one block distant from hall. Chevas [sic] had entire upper left portion of head blown off. The Spectator.
Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 59 -
Description: Body of Walsenburg shooting victim K. Chevaz lying on the floor in Walsenburg Hall, Walsenburg, Colorado
Caption on verso: Body of K. Chevaz lying in own gore Walsenburg hall Jan. 12 1928. This is man whom State Police say was shot in upper story of adjoining hall and dragged here. Note brains and marks where they skidded from head. Also club.The Spectatorknelt beside this man not later than 5 minutes after he was shot, in the very spot where club lies, and was driven from body by three thugs with rifles and shotguns.
Dates: January 12, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 60
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Subseries J: Funeral of Walsenburg shooting victim Klementi Chavez, Colorado
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Dates: January 15, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Item 61
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Dates: January 15, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Item 62
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Dates: January 15, 1928Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Item 63-64
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Description: Centralia Mass Meeting, Eagle's Hall, Seattle, WashingtonJ. J. Kneisle, Seattle, Washington (photographer)
Hundreds of IWW members gathered for a mass meeting at the Seattle Eagle's Hall.
Dates: Februrary 10, 1929Container: Box/Folder 1/19, Item 65 -
Subseries K: Clearwater, Idaho Lumber Strike
On June 29, 1936 800 lumberjacks, employed by Clearwater County, staged a walkout led by the IWW. Demands by the strikers included wage raises, overtime compensation and price caps on room and board fees. By July the number of strikers had grown to 1,200. The governor of Idaho C. Ben Ross declared martial law on the strikers after seven men were wounded in a subsequent riot.
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Dates: August 2, 1936Container: Box/Folder 1/18, Item 66
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Dates: August 2, 1936Container: Box/Folder 1/20, Item 67
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Description: IWW Labor Day Picnic, Oakland, CaliforniaDates: 1939Container: Box/Folder 1/21, Item 68
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Subseries L: Raids on unidentified IWW halls
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Description: Exterior of unidentified IWW hall after the raidDates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 1/22, Item 69
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Dates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 1/22, Item 70
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Description: Children gathered by building remnants after raidDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/22, Item 71
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Subseries M: Unidentified IWW Events
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Sub-series A: Mass Meetings
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Description: Photographic postcard of mass meetingDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 72-73
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Description: Photographic postcard of a large group of menDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 74
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Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 75
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Description: Large crowd at outdoor mass meetingDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 76
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Sub-Subseries B: Deaths
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Description: Photographic postcard of castrated bodyDates: circa 1910s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 77
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Description: Funeral of [John] Arthur Boose of Portland, Oregon, 1959Photo-Art Commercial Studios, Portland, Oregon (photographer)
Arthur Boose (1877-1959) was a lifelong Wobbly and one of the prisoners after the Chicago convictions in 1918 and was once the cellmate of Ralph Chaplin.
Written on verso: 2nd from left: S. Holbrook
Stewart Holbrook was a lumberjack, journalist at The Oregonian, author and historian of the Pacific Northwest.
Dates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 1/23, Item 78
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SERIES II: UNION HALLS AND BUILDINGS, 1910s-1940s
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Subseries A: Union Halls
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Description: Exterior of IWW Local No. 510, Houston, TexasDates: circa 1930s-1940sContainer: Box/Folder 1/24, Item 79-80
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Dates: circa 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/24, Item 81
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Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/24, Item 82
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Subseries B: Miscellaneous buildings
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Description: Men outside unidentified buildingDates: circa 1910s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/25, Item 83
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Dates: 1933Container: Box/Folder 1/25, Item 84
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Description: Cort Theater, San Francisco, California
Written on front: To Fellow Worker Thompson from [...] S.F. 1913
Dates: 1913Container: Box/Folder 1/25, Item 85
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SERIES III: PEOPLE
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Subseries A: Groups
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International IWW
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Sydney, Australia
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Description: Photographic postcard of 12 Australian convicted IWW members
Written on verso: Members of IWW Sydney, Australia who got from 10 to 15 years
These 12 members were charged with treason, sedition and conspiracy to commit arson in Sydney.
Dates: September 11, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/26, Item 86 -
Description: Photographic postcard of mass meeting, Sydney, Australia
On front: Part of meeting of 30,000 IWWs in Sydney, Australia
Dates: September 11, 1916Container: Box/Folder 1/26, Item 87
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Description: Photographic postcard of food drive in Neuwied, Germany
Sign on postcard reads "Arbeiter Wohlfahrt Neuwied" and translates as "Workers' Welfare Association of Neuwied"
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/26, Item 88
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Yakima Hop Pickers, Washington
In 1933 hop pickers in Yakima, Washington won an IWW-supported strike.
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Dates: circa 1920s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/27, Item 89-90
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Description: Large group of Yakima hop pickers in fieldDates: circa 1920s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/27, Item 91
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Subseries B: Leaders/Organizers
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Arthur Boose
Boose was a soapbox speaker and an IWW leader in both Duluth, Minnesota and Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1922 he was convicted under the Espionage Act and given 5 years in prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/28, Item 92
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Description: Photographic postcard of Arthur BooseDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/28, Item 93
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Description: Arthur Boose speaking to crowdDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/28, Item 94
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Joe Hill
Joe Hill was a Swedish-American activist and songwriter for the IWW. He was executed on November 19, 1915, after being falsely accused of murdering a local ex-policeman and his son in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Dates: circa 1910sContainer: Box:oversize 2, Item 95a
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Description: Text of note accompanying photo of Joe Hill
Text translated from Swedish: Joel Emanuel Hägglund / alias / Joseph Hillström / alias / Joe Hill / Organizer and poet for Industrial Workers of the World / Born on the 7th of October 1879, Nedre Bergsgatan, Gävle, Sweden. / Executed on the 19th of November, 1915, in Utah State Prison, under the order of the Utah state official and the Utah Construction Company.
Dates: circa 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/29, Item 95b
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Frank Little
Frank Little was an IWW organizer who was murdered by vigilantes in Butte, Montana. He was dragged behind an automobile before being lynched.
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Description: Portrait of Frank Little
Caption on front: Frank Little/Victim of Anaconda Copper Co. Thugs/Died Aug 1. 1917 Butte Mont.
Dates: circa 1910sContainer: Box/Folder 1/30, Item 96 -
Dates: circa Aug. 1. 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/30, Item 97
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Enrique Flores Magón
Enrique Flores Magón and his brother founded the Mexican Liberal Party, which aimed to redistribute land and means of production held by the rich to the masses, as well as to overthrow the Mexican government. The Mexican Liberal Party joined forces with the IWW at the San Diego Free Speech Rally in 1912.
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Description: Enrique Flores Magón and Teresa Magón
Written on verso: Teresa and Enrique to Fellow-Worker C.E. Paynes. Taken at Los Angeles, Calif. November 1922, myself being sick at the time.
Dates: November 1922Container: Box/Folder 1/31, Item 98 -
Description: Enrique Flores Magón, holding the Red Flag, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, MexicoEstudio Villegas (photographer)
Written on verso: Age: 46 years
Dates: March 4, 1923Container: Box/Folder 1/31, Item 99 -
Description: Enrique Flores Magón with fellow workers and family, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, MexicoEstudio Villegas (photographer)
Written on verso: Group of Fellow-Workers and the whole Magón tribe after our reception and meeting on March 4th, 1923 at the Constitución Plaza, Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mex., when we crossed the line into Mexico the day of our deportation from the Land of Freedom for Wall Street and [...] for the Rebel. We spoke from the music stand (or kisko) [ sic] seen in the back.
Dates: March 4, 1923Container: Box/Folder 1/31, Item 100
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Subseries C: Group Portraits of Leaders
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Description: Photographic postcard of three IWW leaders
Written on verso: left -> right: Eugene Barnett? Jack Law? Jack Whyte?
Dates: circa 1920s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/32, Item 101 -
Description: Photographic postcard of four IWW leadersChicago Photo Postal Studio (photographer)
Written on verso: seated: Jack Law? left -> right: ? Jack Law? Stanley Guy?
Dates: circa 1920s-1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/32, Item 102
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Subseries D: IWW Affiliates
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Katie Phar, IWW "Songbird"
Katie Phar was one of many Junior members of the IWW who provided entertainment during a weekly show at the Seattle IWW hall. The shows included young musicians, singers, actors and comedians who performed around the theme of class struggle. Katie was a popular IWW "songbird"--slang for a female vocalist--who both participated in and directed the shows.
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Dates: circa 1910-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 103
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Description: Photographic postcard of Katie Phar holding a flag that says One Big Union
On front: Yours for Industrial Freedom / Kate Phar
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 104 -
Description: Katie Phar with unidentified manJ. J. Kneisle (photographer)
Caption on front: Sincerely Katie and Frank
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 105 -
Description: Katie Phar standing outsideDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 106
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Description: Portrait of Katie PharDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 107
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Description: Katie Phar standing outsideDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 108
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Description: Katie PharDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 108a
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Description: Photographic postcard of Katie Phar holding a sign that says One Big Union
Written on verso: Yours For Industrial Freedom / Kate Phar
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/33, Item 109
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Description: IWW PrisonersL. A. Dix Photo Co., Tacoma, Washington (photographer)
Caption on front: Fellow workers we are in jail for you. What are you doing for us?
Written on verso: James P. Thompson (back, left); others unknown / Front: unknown; Ed Shepler; Steven Reay / 1914: Woodworkers en route to McNeill Island Penitentiary?
Dates: 1914Container: Box/Folder 1/34, Item 110 -
Unidentified IWW Affiliates
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Description: Photographic postcard of three IWW affiliatesDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/35, Item 111
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Description: Photographic postcard of IWW affiliates standing outside unidentified IWW hall
Written on verso: May be 205 1/2 Second Ave., Seattle IWW headquarters
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/35, Item 112 -
Dates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/35, Item 113
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Description: J.W. Schrater standing on railroadDates: circa 1910s-1920sContainer: Box/Folder 1/35, Item 113a
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SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS OF IWW DOCUMENTS
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Dates: October, 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 114
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Description: Photographic copy of framed IWW sign that says "Industrial Workers of the World / One Union / One Enemy / One Label / An Injury to One An Injury to All"Bill Swain (artist)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 115
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Description: Photographic copy of blank Lumber Workers Industrial Union Job Report form from IWW Spokane, WashingtonDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 116
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 117
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 118
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Dates: 1911Container: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 119
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Dates: February 4, 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 120
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Dates: February 15, 1919Container: Box/Folder 1/36, Item 121
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Coal Strike, Colo., 1927--Photographs
- Coal miners--Colorado
- Demonstrations--California--Photographs
- Everett Massacre, Everett, Wash., 1916--Photographs
- Freedom of speech--California--Sacramento
- Freedom of speech--California--San Pedro
- General Strike, Seattle, Wash., 1919--Photographs
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
- Strikes and lockouts--Hop picking--Washington (State)--Yakima
- Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Flores Magón, Enrique--Photographs
- Little, Frank, -1917--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Clearwater County (Idaho)--Officials and employees
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Industrial Workers of the World--Songs and music
