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| Title | Seattle General Strike |
| Accession ID number | 1943.42.37055 |
| Object Type | negative, nitrate cellulose |
| Creator | Asahel Curtis |
| Date | 1919 |
| Rights | Property of the Washington State Historical Society - All Rights Reserved |
| Full Description | A large crowd of Skinner and Eddy Corporation ship workers is gathered in front of a long, low building on the Seattle waterfront. Skinner and Eddy Corporation is painted on the roof of the building in large letters. A small employment office is in the center of the crowd. Barely visible in the background are the silhouettes of two ships. |
| Inscription | Asahel Curtis / 37055 |
| Subject | King County; Seattle, WA; shipbuilding industry; Skinner & Eddy Corporation; Seattle General Strike; strike; labor; employment |
| Remarks | The influx of men to work in the shipyards during World War I led to outside control of the unions and a strike of all shipyard workers on January 21, 1919. In the allied Metal Trades Council 30, 000 men struck "to go back when they controlled the yards." Ship building ceased, contracts were cancelled and settled on the basis of work done. The yards were soon dismantled. Above is the crew of Skinner and Eddy yards as they left on strike never to return. Later a geenral strike was called and threat made to take over the government. The threats were thwarted when a small body of regualr troops were ordered to the city. The strikers issued a proclamation ordering the people to obey the commands of their guards. This was followed by a proclamation by Mayor Hanson, "The seat of the city government remains at the City Hall." Source: "Growth of the Metropolis", unpublished album by Asahel Curtis. Photograph was taken on Januray 21, 1919 |
| Electronic Publisher | Washington State Historical Society |
| Description | negative, cellulose nitrate |
| Date Digital | 2007 |
| Dimension | height: 8 inches; width: 10 inches |
| File Characteristics | Negative scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f scanner at 600 ppi grayscale tiff and resized to a 300 jpeg using Adobe Photoshop CS |
