Police. Marching Washington Boulevard 3-6-30 communist Demonstration.

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Description:

Mounted Detroit police riding in formation in downtown Detroit: The date of this photograph corresponds to a Communist Party-sponsored unemployment demonstration that brought out 100,000 people in Detroit, who were subsequently attacked by police. According to Phillip Bonosky, "Detroit was an armed camp on March 6." (from Brother Bill McKie: Building the Union at Ford)

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1930-03-06T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Police, Central business districts, Police horses, and Mounted police

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc16638