1919


Seattle General Strike (February, 1919)
Source:  www.historylink.org

 


An IWW leaflet produced in Seattle during the General Strike
Source:
faculty.washington.edu/ gregoryj/cpproject/ko.htm


Railroad Strike (April, 1919)
Source: Red Scare


Bombing of Attorney General Palmer's Home (June 2, 1919)
Caption:"These attacks will only increase the activities of our crime-detecting forces," declares Attorney-General Palmer, whose Wahington home, shown above, was damaged by a bomb-explosion on June 2."
 


Prohibition Begins, July 1, 1919
Source: Red Scare

Chicago Race Riot, July 1919


Marie Dressler and Ethel Barrymore During Actor's Equity August, 1919 Strike
Source:
www.actorsequity.org


Striking Conductors and Motormen in Brooklyn (August, 1919)
Source: Red Scare


Boston Police Strike (September, 1919)
Caption: One of the Few Loyal Policemen on Guard in Boston During the "Reign of Terror"
Source: Red Scare


Boston Police Strike (September, 1919)
Source: Red Scare


Steel Strike, September, 1919
Source: Red Scare


Steel Strike, September, 1919
Source: Red Scare

Elaine Arkansas (September/October, 1919)

Omaha Race Riot (September 28, 1919)

Centralia, Washington, Armistice Day


Police flier from Centralia
Source: The "Centralia Tragedy"

Centralia, Washington, Armistice Day


The burial of Wesley Everest, with armed National Guard unit.
Source: The "Centralia Tragedy"


"Soviet Ark" Sails, December 21, 1919
Source: Red Scare


 

Lynchings of African Americans


Source: Red Scare

Source: Red Scare

Source: Red Scare


Source: Red Scare