Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

The photograph is double sided. The photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice holding a rock in the Timna Mines. The Timna Mines, nicknamed King Solomon’s Mines, are located in the Arava Valley within the Negev Desert in Israel. These mines were used throughout antiquity as an abundant source of copper. The backside has the number 23 written in pencil. The bottom of the photograph has Solomon's Mines Negev 1965 March written in purple.

The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts 4 armed policemen with white armbands during the 1933 Ambridge Strike. The backside of the photograph says Ambridge Pa Strike Oct/33. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts 5 men of varying ages sitting at a desk covered in papers. The photograph is related to the 1933 Ambridge Strike. The back side is a newspaper clipping of the same photograph with the title reading, These Appointees of the Governor Investigate Industrial Police. The clipping is from the Pittsburgh Press from March 9, 1934.The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph has both a front side and a back side. The front side of the photograph that depicts policemen approaching Ambridge strikers on the street. The police are noted by their white armbands and their guns. The back side of the photograph says Ambridge Oct 1933. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph has a front side of the photograph that depicts the riot at the Ambridge Strike of 1933. Those in white armbands are police and those without are either strikers or spectators. The back side says Ambridge Oct 1933. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph is double sided. The photograph is the front side of the photograph that depicts policemen intermingling in a large crowd of strikers and community members. The back side says Ambridge 6/15/1937. The 1937 Ambridge strike occurred in mid-June 1937 as a part of the Little Steel strike that swept the United States from spring into summer 1937. The Little Steel strike began on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937, by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its branch, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). The strike was against many steel companies, but primarily Republic Steel, Inland Steel, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. The strike is remembered as one of the most violent of the 1930s but was successful in achieving the union’s goals.

The photograph is of 5 police officers and a spectating civilian setting up a machine gun in front of a car on a residential street. The force was to be potentially used against strikers during the Ambridge strike of 1933 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

The photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph is of 5 smokestacks located in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The date of the photograph is unknown. The photograph was taken by Earl Dotter Photojournalist. The back side of the photograph has a note that reads, Early Dotter Photojournalist and an address. It also reads Copy print not for reproduction copyright 1992 Early Dotter Homestead, PA.

The photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph depicts the march on the Pentagon on Oct. 21, 1967 in Washington D.C. Front the left is Robert Lowell beside Monsignor Charles O. Rice. To the right is Benjamin Spock and Mrs. Spock. The back side reads MARCH ON PENTAGON, OCT. 21, 1967. FRONT LEFT, ROBERT LOWELL. BESIDE CHARLES O. RICE TO RIGHT, BENJAMIN SPOCK AND MRS. SPOCK.

The photograph depicts the march on the Pentagon on Oct. 21, 1967 in Washington D.C. The march was a demonstration against the Vietnam War.