Ford Motor Co; Employees; Strikes. "scab" being beaten by strikers. ** 1942 Pulitzer Prize winning photograph by Milton (Pete) Brooks. “The Picket Line”.

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Description:

Violent scene of UAW members attacking a man trying to cross a picket line at Ford Motor Company, in Dearborn, Michigan. "Members of the UAW "Flying Squadron" attack a man attempting to cross the picket lines outside the Rouge plant during the 1942 strike, this photograph taken by Detroit News photographer, Milton Brooks, won the first Pulitzer Prize for photography," from picture's caption in the book River Rouge: Ford's Industrial Colossus, by Joe Cabadas.

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:

1941-04-03T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, and Dearborn

Subject Topic:

Strikebreakers, Strikes and lockouts, Automobile industry, Violence, Rouge River Plant, and Pulitzer Prizes

Subject Name:

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and Ford Motor Company

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:vmc16315