Victim of Chicago steel strike riot. Washington D.C. June 30. Attending today's hearing of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, Harry Harper of Chicago, claims he was a vicitim of the shooting by the police during the strike riots at the South Chicago Plant of the Republic Steel Corp., last May 30.
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"Victim of Chicago steel strike riot. Washington D.C. June 30. Attending today's hearing of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, Harry Harper of Chicago, claims he was a vicitim of the shooting by the police during the strike riots at the South Chicago Plant of the Republic Steel Corp., last May 30." (1937-06-30). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victim_of_Chicago_steel_strike_riot._Washington_D.C._June_30._Attending_today%27s_hearing_of_the_Senate_Civil_Liberties_Committee,_Harry_Harper_of_Chicago,_claims_he_was_a_vicitim_of_the_LCCN2016871938.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 299100.
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