Archive ID: 1981-077-079r

Victim of Memorial Day Massacre

Date Created: 1937-05-30

Donor: Edward Sadlowski

Media Type: Photograph

Language: English

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Victim of Memorial Day Massacre, from Local 1033 display, panel 16. ” INJURED victim of rioting lay prone in weeds after the wave of battle had passed.”

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