Western Union Messenger Boys on Strike

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Title Western Union Messenger Boys on Strike
Collection Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection
Photo Number Shipler #03031
Creator Shipler Commercial Photographers; Shipler, Harry
Publisher Utah State Historical Society; Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Date of Photograph 9 August 1907
Date 1907-08-09
Subject Children in popular culture; Strikes and lockouts
Corporate Name Western Union Telegraph Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City
Historic Address 159 South Main Street
Description Image shows a group of boys and their bicycles standing outside the Western Union Telegraph Company in protest.
Comment "Meredith's Trunks," Oliver Meredith's company, is shown adjacent to the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2001 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Shipler Commercial Photographers, Series 1
File Name 39222000600739
Source Format Glass Plate Negative
Source Size 10 inches x 8 inches
Source Physical Description Good condition.
Source Donors Shipler, William H.
Source Donation Date 1988
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Resolution TIFF: 800 ppi
Bit Depth 8-bit grayscale
Dimensions JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels
Scanning Device Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner
Date Digital 2001-11-14
Scanned By Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah
Collection Information http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/C00275/c0275.xml
ARK ark:/87278/s6dz0ktp
Setname dha_scp
ID 523711
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dz0ktp
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