Strikebreaker car ablaze
This file appears in: 1929 Streetcar Strike
After the transit company abandoned attempts to rescue the car and removed its employees from the scene, the crowd took over.
Mizell-Nelson Collection
This file appears in: 1929 Streetcar Strike
1929 Streetcar Strike
Following increasingly heated contract negotiations, New Orleans streetcar motormen and conductors struck beginning July 1, 1929. The survival of the carmen's union and 1,100 jobs was in question.…