Original 1947 AP Wire Photo measuring approximately 9⅜ x 7 inches. This historic Associated Press Wirephoto captures union pickets demonstrating outside the wedding of Senator Robert A. Taft's son, Lloyd B. Taft, in St. Joseph, Michigan. The original caption explains that members of United Electrical Workers Local 931 protested the controversial Taft-Hartley Act while Senator Taft attended the ceremony, carrying handmade signs criticizing the legislation. The caption is printed directly on the photograph, and the reverse bears an Associated Press Wirephoto stamp. A fascinating piece of postwar American labor and political history with expected editorial handling and age-related wear. Please see photos.
