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Strike Collection (#7)

"Unyielding Demands and Unbreakable Spirits: A Glimpse into the World of Strikes" Poster for England's Glory Matches

Background imageStrike Collection: A lightning strikes are seen during a thunderstorm over the city of Minsk

A lightning strikes are seen during a thunderstorm over the city of Minsk, Belarus, August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Background imageStrike Collection: Female Nude

Female Nude
circa 1930: A close-up of the wife of photographer Chaloner Woods striking a pose for her husband. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

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Filippo
Peppe Tambè

Background imageStrike Collection: The Jackal and the Vulture

The Jackal and the Vulture
Peet van den Berg

Background imageStrike Collection: Angry Snake and Want To Bite

Angry Snake and Want To Bite
Tantoyensen

Background imageStrike Collection: Just another day in Paradise

Just another day in Paradise
Aleksander Poniewierski

Background imageStrike Collection: CONTACT

CONTACT
Jaco Marx

Background imageStrike Collection: How Dare You?

How Dare You?
Tomas Härstedt

Background imageStrike Collection: In your face

In your face
Peter Stahl

Background imageStrike Collection: Mouth to mouth

Mouth to mouth
Nicolás Merino

Background imageStrike Collection: i'm Ready

i'm Ready
Sabriamin M

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punch
engin akyurt

Background imageStrike Collection: Fitzwilliam - Kinsley miners strike evictions in 1904

Fitzwilliam - Kinsley miners strike evictions in 1904

Background imageStrike Collection: Striking Miners early 1900s

Striking Miners early 1900s

Background imageStrike Collection: Striking miners at a coal mine

Striking miners at a coal mine

Background imageStrike Collection: I'm Going To Get Lit Up

I'm Going To Get Lit Up
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I'm Going To Get Lit Up, words and music by Hubert Gregg, from the musical Strike A New Note

Background imageStrike Collection: Cartoon, Strike while the Iron's Hot! Women's Suffrage

Cartoon, Strike while the Iron's Hot! Women's Suffrage
Political cartoon, Strike while the Iron's Hot! Women's Suffrage Date: 1891

Background imageStrike Collection: The Strike

The Strike
An atmospheric sketch which shows a tightly packed crowd of workmen and women on strike, carrying large red flags, chimneystacks and workhouses stand tall in the background under a red sky

Background imageStrike Collection: Striking Lancashire Workers

Striking Lancashire Workers Date: 1854

Background imageStrike Collection: How the coal strike affected the iron industry

How the coal strike affected the iron industry
The coal strike affected the iron industry by shutting it down as the furnaces did not have enough resources to keep going. The iron furnaces in this period were forced to shut, Date: 1912

Background imageStrike Collection: London Family cutting Firewood

London Family cutting Firewood
During the coal strike in 1912 families started to cut their own fire wood is response to the lack of resources. A family in London is seen collecting its own resources from their back garden

Background imageStrike Collection: How mines were ventilated

How mines were ventilated
How the mines were ventilated and drainer. One of the reasons for the mine strike of 1912 was the poor maintenance of ventilation and draining of the mines

Background imageStrike Collection: Women and children, mining

Women and children, mining
Women and children of the mining districts. Children would gather coal. A Typical Pit-brow Woman; She was one of the 6, 221 females employed above ground

Background imageStrike Collection: Coal Supplies in England

Coal Supplies in England which were gradually used up because of the coal strike. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom

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Mining conditions
Miners lift to the mines in a dangerous lift. The conditions were drear for the men working in these mines. The nation coal strike was in protest of the conditions seen here. Date: 1912

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Horse in coalmine
A horse in a coal mine, surrounded by coal miners. The horse is wearing traditional leather mining gear. Date: 1912

Background imageStrike Collection: The Coal crisis

The Coal crisis
The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage

Background imageStrike Collection: Coal crisis in Portsmouth

Coal crisis in Portsmouth
Navy coping with the coal crisis in Cribb Portsmouth. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage

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Coal miners strike
The conference of the miners federation of Birmingham meeting to discuss the coal miners strike. The names, reading from left to right, are: Sitting--Mr. H. Duff, Mr. T. H. Cann, Mr. M. C. Kerrell

Background imageStrike Collection: Three mine workers in America

Three mine workers in America
The United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members

Background imageStrike Collection: Caricature of crying baby holding a placard, by Phil May

Caricature of crying baby holding a placard, by Phil May
Caricature of crying baby in a dress, holding a placard, More pap, no more spanking, we don't want to go to bed, we won't be washed. Captioned, The Babies Strike'

Background imageStrike Collection: Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona province. The Strike of Igualada

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona province. The Strike of Igualada. Striking workers from the textile workshops, in the act of being harangued by their president. Engraving by Vela

Background imageStrike Collection: The Curtain Illustration

The Curtain Illustration
An illustration in reference to a poem, written by Australian poet, Zora Bernice May Cross, showing a woman in a blue dress, hiding behind a stage curtain

Background imageStrike Collection: Photograph of rail strike in France, with soldier and striking worker with rifles and bayonets

Photograph of rail strike in France, with soldier and striking worker with rifles and bayonets, on railway line by signals, at the exit from a tunnel

Background imageStrike Collection: McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 89-0475

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 89-0475
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15E-47-MC Strike Eagle 89-0475 (msn 1122/E097, base code WA). Date: circa 1995

Background imageStrike Collection: Front cover, Daily Graphic, General Strike Emergency Edition

Front cover, Daily Graphic, General Strike Emergency Edition - ninth day of the strike. Date: 1926

Background imageStrike Collection: Front cover, The British Gazette, General Strike, 1926

Front cover, The British Gazette, General Strike, 1926
Upper part of front cover, The Briitish Gazette, covering the General Strike, 8 May 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageStrike Collection: Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up

Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns where knockers up were employed to waken mill workers. Notice the reference to being on strike and the caption written in Lancashire dialect Date

Background imageStrike Collection: A Poor old Lancashire Spinner on Strike

A Poor old Lancashire Spinner on Strike
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns when organised strikes were beginning to take hold around 1910 Date: circa 1912

Background imageStrike Collection: Women Digging for Coal during 1912 Miners Strike

Women Digging for Coal during 1912 Miners Strike
The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main aim was securing a minimum wage

Background imageStrike Collection: Handley Page Hastings T. 5 TG517

Handley Page Hastings T. 5 TG517
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG517, of the Strike Command Bombing School at RAF Lindholme, in Lincolnshire

Background imageStrike Collection: British Leyland workers protesting, London

British Leyland workers protesting, London
British Leyland workers protesting during a strike, and taking part in a demonstration in London which included a march to the House of Commons

Background imageStrike Collection: Building workers dispute, Lambeth, South London

Building workers dispute, Lambeth, South London, 19 July 1977. Date: 1977

Background imageStrike Collection: LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London

LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London
London Symphony Orchestra musicians supporting BBC musicians outside Broadcasting House, London, 27 June 1980. The strike by BBC musicians began when the BBC put forward plans to discontinue five

Background imageStrike Collection: APEX union members campaigning with placards

APEX union members campaigning with placards
APEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff) union members campaigning with placards to demand equal pay for women. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageStrike Collection: Trico March 1976

Trico March 1976
A march in support of the striking workers at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford. The women workers at the factory were on strike demanding equal pay with their male colleagues

Background imageStrike Collection: Trico strikers 1976

Trico strikers 1976
Strikers barrack a car as it crosses the picket line at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford, Middlesex, England

Background imageStrike Collection: Suffragette Movement Social Political Union Wspu

Suffragette Movement Social Political Union Wspu
suffragette, movement, social, political, union, wspu, arrested, suffragettes, prison, hunger, strike, pankhurst, charlotte, marsh, charlie, women, woman, female, suffrage, voting, rights, force




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