Pacific Northwest Labor History

Photographs

from MOHAI Digital Archives

 

 

Here are more than 100 online labor history photos of workers, strikes, and unions from the Museum of History and Industry Collection. They are grouped in the following categories:

 

1919 Seattle General Strike

A group of Seattle General Strike deputies receiving weapons

 

Other Strikes and Labor Actions

Labor Day parade

 

 

Harvest Workers

Threshing wheat at harvest time, near Waterville

 

 

Food Processing Workers

Packing oats at the Albers Bros. Milling Company

 

 

Fishery and Cannery Workers

10,000 salmon on cannery wharf and Chinese worker

 

 

 Timber, Shingle, and Lumber Workers

Shingle weaver: men packing shingles

 

 Coal Miners

Group of miners and mine car at mine entrance

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Construction Workers

Luther Youngs' workers at home construction site

 

 Railroad Construction Workers

Great Northern Railway: breakthrough in the tunnel

 

 

 Shipyard Workers

Building a ship at the National Shipbuilding Company

 

 Boeing Workers

Boeing "C" seaplane with air mail

 

 

Metals and Machine Workers

Spot welder : man

 

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Communication Workers

Telephone switchboard operators

 

 

Clerical Workers

Office at West Seattle High School

 

 

 

Transportation Workers

Birney M. Jarvis, Jr. (sailor)

 

 

Retail, Service and Entertainment Workers

The Question Marks jazz band

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers and Nurses

Rural one-room school

 

 

 

Postal Workers

First women mail carriers

 

 

 

Protective Service Workers

Motorcycle patrolmen

 

 

Grand Trunk Pacific dock fire firemen and hoses

 

 

 

 

Workers--miscellaneous

Goodwill employee repairing a chair

Workers at the Lighthouse Broom Company

 

Want more? Examine the entire collection of images and use the searchable index to the Museum of History and Industry Collection

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This site is one of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Projects  sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington. Page design by Brian Grijalva. For problems or questions regarding  contact James Gregory