Item 16: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Depicting the Scranton Labor Riots (removed to Black Box #1) , 1877 August 1
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 25
Dates
- Created: 1877 August 1
Creator
- Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
illustrated newspaper
Condition Note:
Good, paper is discolored and some of the edges are worn. Within protective clear sheet.
Measurements:
15 ⅞ in. x 11 1/16 in.
Title:
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper on "The Labor Riots"
Description:
A drawing/lithograph printed in an illustrated newspaper depicting the Labor Riots in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The conflict is between the Iron and Coal Company’s Police and a Miner’s mob on Lackawanna Avenue. The back of the paper includes a poem, as well as a chapter of a book titled The Last of the Latouches.
Location:
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Creator
- Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu