Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing mounted police moving through a violent labor demonstration in Cleveland, Ohio. According to the separate original caption, police used tear gas to disperse approximately 400 pickets after violence erupted at the Pipe Machinery Co. The confrontation occurred when the company, which had been shut down by a strike since February 14, attempted to resume production. The photograph and separate caption are mounted together on black archival paper. Measures approximately 8¼x8 inches overall. Typical newsroom/archive handling wear is present. This photo came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
