Description
The photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice meeting with local union 325 canning and pickle workers during its strike at Heinz Company in the summer of 1937. Pictured at Monsignor Charles Owen Rice with Rev. Carl Hensler and Monsignor George Barry O'Toole. One of the strikers in the back is giving the communist salute. The back side of the photograph has a note that reads, Meeting Local 325 CANNING AND PICKLE WORKERS DURING ITS STRIKE AT HEINZ, SUMMER OF 1937. REV. CHARLES O. RICE, REV. CARL HENSLER, MSGR. GEORGE BARRY O’TOOLE. NOTE BOY IN REAR – COMMUNIST SALUTE. Below the note are two address stamps for Monsignor Rice with Return to written above them in pen. In the middle, the date Aug 2 1954 is stamped with Sent to and a unintelligible name is written above the date in pen.
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
