Hundreds of union workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin revolt during a labor dispute in recognition of their union's demands. Workers for the city's Street Car or trolley system walk out of the job crippling the transportation in the city. View of idle street cars in depots. Streetcar operators on picket lines to make their demands to labor bosses. Elevated view of buildings in downtown Milwaukee and traffic on streets below. Three women wait on a corner trying to hail a ride. A car pulls over to pick up the 3 women and give them a ride.
Governor Horner and Mayor Kelly along with other dignitaries present at a function on the opening of a new zoological garden at Brookfield in Chicago, Illinois. Thousands of people present at the eve. Animals in the zoo such as lions, elephant, bears and crocodiles. A zoo-keeper with a bird in his hands.
Derby event held at Arlington Heights, Illinois. The horse, Indian Runner beats Ladysman by seven to one. Thousands of spectators in stand cheer for their favorites.
Scenes of the aftermath of a tornado in Bangor, Maine. Scenes of fallen trees and wrecked buildings. Women clear a fallen tree from the path. Men near a fallen tree outside a house.
Aerial view of waterfront dock areas at San Francisco Harbor. Longshoremen dock workers in San Francisco demonstrate during a labor dispute and strike for better wages. Police fire tear gas guns at the demonstrators to restore law and order. Farm workers on strike in Bridgeton, New Jersey clash with authorities as they protest and demonstrate for better work conditions. Protestors throwing rocks and men spraying water from hoses. Police grab an African American woman near a farm truck. The police make many arrests to restore law and order.
Dignitaries and people gather at the NSDAR Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days in Lexington, Missouri. The memorial (one of 12 identical ones) was established by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and created by sculptor August Leimbach. Harry S. Truman, then Missouri's director for the Federal Re-Employment program (part of the Civil Works Administration), and President of the Old Trails Association, speaks to Mrs. John Trigg Moss, Chairman of the National Old Trails Committee. Mrs. Moss, in 1927, had designed the memorial that was sculpted by Leimbach, and dedicated in 1928. View of "Madonna of the Trail" inscribed on the main statue. Harry S. Truman, who later in 1934 was elected Senator of Missouri, holds up two miniature bookend models of the statue, which are being given to him as a gift for serving as President of the Old Trails Association. (Truman had also delivered the keynote address at the statue unveiling 6 years earlier). View from behind the statue with the Lexington Bridge, a seven-span truss bridge on Route 13, crossing over the Missouri River.
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