Tear gas bombs

Police in Atlanta, Georgia, use tear gas to break up textile strikers blocking railroad tracks.

Publication date: 1934-09-16

Size: 16.2 x 25.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Atlanta (Ga.)

Temporal: 1905-04-17

Subject(s):

• Tear gas--1930-1940
• Textile industry strikes--Georgia--Atlanta--1930-1940
• Riots--Georgia--Atlanta--1930-1940
• Activists--American--Georgia--Atlanta--1930-1940
• Police brutality--Georgia--Atlanta--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 16, 1934), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)