Trucks parked in front of Chalmers Motor Company factory during streetcar strike

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Description

View of two trucks parked in front of the the Chalmers Motor Company factory during a streetcar strike. Banner on first truck reads: "Chalmers, Fort & Clark." Banner on second truck reads: "Chalmers, Gd. River and R.R." During the strike, the Chalmers Motor Company provided trucks and touring cars to transport workers to and from their homes. Handwritten on back: "Taken at Chalmers Motor Co. during street car strike, May 13th & 14th, 1915. Factories--Chalmers."

Details

Resource ID:: na034080
Subject:: Trucks--Michigan--Detroit; Strikes and lockouts--Street-railroads--Michigan--Detroit; Chalmers Motor Company; Automobile factories--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1915-05
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Factories--Chalmers
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.