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• CONTAINER LIST

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Henry F. Bedfore Collection of Textile Related Photographs, 1912
Collection Number: 6692 P

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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Photographs showing the end of the March 14, 1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile strike, Big Bill Haywood speaking, strikers' children returning to Lawrence, and Decoration Day (Memorial Day).

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Various photos after strike: parades, meeting on common, Decoration Day	1912
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 1: Mass meeting, Lawrence Common, calling off strike	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents March 14, 1912. Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts a meeting on Lawrence Common, Lawrence, Mass., where the textile strike was called off. View shows men, women and children standing on Common, listening to IWW leader speaking from grandstand. Written on reverse: Mass Meeting Common March 14, 1912 Calling off strike." 12.75 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 2: Leading the parade when children came home	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver print, [1912]. Image depicts two little girls, holding flower baskets, leading a group of Ayer Mill Spinning Room workers in the parade celebrating the return of children of strikers who had been removed from Lawrence, Mass., during the textile strike of 1912. Written on reverse: "Leading the parade when kiddies came home." 12.75 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 3: At railroad station waiting for children to come home	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver print, [1912]. Image depicts crowd at B&M (Boston & Maine) railroad station, waiting for the return of children of strikers who had been removed from Lawrence, Mass., during the textile strike of 1912. Written on reverse: "At B & M. station waiting for kiddies to come home." 13 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 4: I.W.W. parade Decoration Day	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts parade through Lawrence, Mass., on Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day) in 1912, two months after textile strike was over. Written on reverse: "I.W.W. parade Decoration Day 1912." 13 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 5: Parade for children coming home	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts parade through Lawrence, Mass., when children of strikers who had been removed from Lawrence during the textile strike returned home. Visible are crowds of onlookers; several horse-drawn wagons containing children; band. Written on reverse: "When "kiddies" came home." 13 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 6: Leaving mass meeting on Lawrence Common	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents March 14, 1912. Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts people leaving the mass meeting on Lawrence Common, Lawrence, Mass., on March 14, 1912, after the textile strike was declared off. Written on reverse: "Leaving Mass Meeting Common March 14, 1912 Strike declared off." 12.75 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 7: Grave of Ramy, Decoration Day 1912	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver prin. Image depicts large crowd at grave of boy apparently killed [?] or who died during textile strike, with several people laying wreaths. Decoration Day now known as Memorial Day. Written on reverse: "Grave of Ramy (?) boy Decoration Day 1912." 12.75 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 8: Grave of Annie LoPizzo, Decoration Day 1912	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts a crowd of people laying a wreath on the grave of Anna LoPizzo (name variously spelled as: LoPezza, Lopezza, Lopezzo) on Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day). LoPizzo was shot and killed on January 29, 1912 while protesting during the textile strike in Lawrence, Mass. Written on reverse: "Grave of Annie La Piza? Decoration Day 1912." 12.75 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 9: Big Bill Haywood on Lawrence Common	1912
		Format: black and white photograph
		Scope and Contents March 14, 1912. Snapshot gelatin silver print. Image depicts William "Big Bill" Haywood of the I.W.W. speaking on Lawrence Common, Lawrence, Mass., March 14, 1912, when the textile strike was called off. Written on reverse: " 'Big Bill' in action March 14, 1912." 13 x 9.75 cm. Format: black and white photograph.