When they appear work stops
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Photograph
When they appear work stops
May 11, 1964
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.8 x 21.8 cm (6 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Paper: 17.7 x 23.3 cm (6 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0346.0029
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): A 1532 (NY6) / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / WHEN THEY APPEAR WORK STOPS / THESE FOUR MEN, HAVING COFFEE ON THE NEW / YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION SITE OF A $25 / MILLION PRODUCE TERMINAL, HAVE REPORTED / FOR WORK FOR SEVEN DAYS AND 41 WHITE UNION / PLUMBERS ON PROJECT HAVE REFUSED TO PICK UP / THEIR TOOLS. BERNARD ALTMAN, 44, SECOND FROM / LEFT IS NEGRO, AND THE OTHER THREE MEAN ARE / PUERTO RICANS. THE FOUR MEN ARE NOT UNION / MEMBERS AND CLAIM THAT THE UNION GAVE THEM / A RUNAROUND WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP. THE UNION PLUMBERS DENY ANY RACIAL BIAS. MEN / ARE, FROM LEFT, ISAAC BORGESW, 43; ALTMAN, JOSE / RODRIQUEZ AND JERRY GONZALES. / JMR 750A 5-11-64 AC48 / NYWT-S NYT NYWS NR LON PAR SS STAATS / MEX RME GER LP PR TM NSWK WW
recto (ink on attached paper): RTI PIX / good line [followed by arrow pointing at WHEN THEY APPEAR WORK STOPS]
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recto (ink on attached paper): RTI PIX / good line [followed by arrow pointing at WHEN THEY APPEAR WORK STOPS]
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