Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Maker: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1945-10-17
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.115030

Inscriptions:
COPYRIGHT. / PLANET NEWS LTD / 3. JOHNSON'S COURT. / LONDON, E.C.4. / PHONE: CENTRAL 3671/367[illeg.]Credit: [star] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORKCaptions: Verso: WWII England 31 / Demonstration / DOCK STRIKE. / 10,000 LONDON DOCK WORKERS HOLD MASS MEETING IN VICTORIA PARK. / ONLY 24 VOTE FOR RETURN TO WORK. / 10,000 London dock workers held a mass meeting in Victoria / Park, East London and voted to continue the strike, which for / more than a week has paralysed all shipping in London's / dockland area and caused a serious food hold-up. Only 24 / of the strikers voted for a return to work. / PHOTO SHOWS:- Thousands of hands raised in favour of / continuing the strike at the mass meeting of dock workers in / Victoria park, London, E. / And October 17th 1945 PNMarkings:Verso: WWII England 31 / Demonstration / DOCK STRIKE. / 10,000 LONDON DOCK WORKERS HOLD MASS MEETING IN VICTORIA PARK. / ONLY 24 VOTE FOR RETURN TO WORK. / 10,000 London dock workers held a mass meeting in Victoria / Park, East London and voted to continue the strike, which for / more than a week has paralysed all shipping in London's / dockland area and caused a serious food hold-up. Only 24 / of the strikers voted for a return to work. / PHOTO SHOWS:- Thousands of hands raised in favour of / continuing the strike at the mass meeting of dock workers in / Victoria park, London, E. / And October 17th 1945 PN

Tagasauris Keywords: Beret; Crowd; Day; Demonstration; England; Group of people; Group of people; Hat; London; Low angle View; Male; Mass meeting; Mid adult; Outdoors; Protest; Tree; Waist-Up Portrait; World War II
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII ENGLAND / DEMONSTRATIONS AND STRIKES
Retouching: N