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Longshoremen honored at Black Heritage Society annual meeting, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, April 23, 1995
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| Title | Longshoremen honored at Black Heritage Society annual meeting, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, April 23, 1995 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1995 |
| Caption | African Americans in the Pacific Northwest became a part of the longshoreman trade in about 1916 when 400 African American, non-union workers were brought in to work as strike breakers. In 1917, after the strike had ended and World War I began, some of them were inducted into the union, where African Americans have since remained active. The men pictured worked as longshoremen between 25 and 50 years. |
| Notes | Handwritten on document filed with image: Top Row from left - J.R. Jsames [sic], Robbie Robinson. Middle Row - Richard Gardenhire, Lenzie Shellman, Merlin Levias. Front - Roy Cutchlow, Spellman Foster, Jack Tanner, Frank Fair. Not pictured - Wm. Dean.
Handwritten on sleeve: Longshoremen.
Caption taken from BHS records. |
| Subjects | Longshoremen--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Black Heritage Society Collection |
| Image Number | 1997.22.2.10 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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