Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing children of striking telephone workers marching with picket signs outside the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company headquarters in Denver, Colorado. According to the separate original caption, the small sons and daughters joined the grown-ups on the picket line during the nationwide telephone strike. Their signs include messages supporting striking Bell System workers and warning that "The Voice with a Smile Will Be Gone for Awhile." Parents reportedly said they wanted officials to know the children also had an interest in the strike. Photograph and separate caption are mounted together on black archival paper. Measures approximately 8½x8 inches overall. AP stamp on the back. This photo came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
