Original 1947 AP Wire Photo measuring approximately 6¼ x 8¾ inches. This dramatic Associated Press photograph documents an unusual labor protest during the 1947 strike by the CIO Financial Employees Guild against Brooklyn Trust Company in New York. The original caption explains that three women pickets used handcuffs to chain themselves across the bank's main entrance, while a policeman examines the cuffs before a bank guard later removed them with a hacksaw. The caption is printed directly on the photograph, and the reverse bears an Associated Press Wirephoto stamp. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper with expected editorial handling and age-related wear. Please see photos.
