Images from 1946 Oakland general strike

Images from the 1946 Oakland general strike. Mostly taken from the University of California-Berkeley's online archive.

Placard from 1997 exhibit on Oakland general strike by the Oakland Museum of California History Department
A male Kahn's employee distributes union literature to passersby,November 1946.
Two female shoppers make their way through the picket line at Kahn's Department Store at the height of the retail clerks strike and the Christmas season, November 1946.
A large percentage of the workforce at Kahn's and Hastings department stores were middle-aged or older women. Here, retail clerks picket for fair wages in front of Kahn's November 1946.
A gender and racial mix of striking employees and their supporters from other unions form a picket line in front of Kahn's Department Store, November 1946.
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Guarded by the Oakland police, strikebreaking trucks head cautiously to Kahn's Department Store on December 1, 1946.
With sirens screaming, motorcycle policemen escort a convoy of six strikebreaking trucks filled with merchandise through massed AFL picket lines and around abandoned streetcards on December 1, 1946.
Oakland police hold back crowds, allowing non-union drivers to deliver goods to Kahn's Department Store. Sunday morning, December 1, 1946.
Oakland police clear the streets of strikers, December 1, 1946.
Streetcar driver Al Brown with other members of the Carmen and Drivers Union during the General Strike, 1946
A long line of abandoned Key System streetcars line Telegraph Avenue. Drivers refused to cross the cordon of motorcycle police and squad care that protected strikebreaking delivery trucks on December 1, 1946.
In a show of solidarity, members of the Carmen and Drivers Union march down the streets of Oakland, December 3, 1946.
Members of the Carmen and Drivers Union join in on the "holiday spirit" by picketing on roller skates, December 4, 1946
As part of the "work holiday" atmosphere, strikers gather to sing and support solidarity, December 3, 1946.
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
On December 3, 1946, the first official day of the Oakland general strike, crowds gathered in the streets, blocking traffic in downtown Oakland decorated for the Christmas season.
Strikers and their supporters dance in the streets of Oakland, December 3 or 4, 1946.
Strikers and spectators mass in downtown Oakland December 3, 1946, at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Broadway. The overflow crowd listens to instructions given by labor leaders over a sound truck loudspeaker.
Backing up automobile traffic, strike sympathizers and curious spectators make up the milling throng in front of Hastings Department Store on December 3, 1946.
Teamster drivers demonstrate their support for the general strike and the AFL strikers, December 3 or 4, 1946.
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Images from 1946 Oakland general strike
Interior of the Oakland Auditorium where more than 1,200 Alameda County employers meet to discuss the strike on Friday afternoon, December 6, 1946.
Members of the AFL steering committee as they announce the end of the general strike on December 5, 1946.
A rain-soaked overflow crowd of more than 5,000 listens over loudspeakers to Harry Lundeberg, president of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, from inside the Oakland Auditorium on the evening of December, 3, 1946.
More than 10,000 rank-and-file union members fill the Oakland Auditorium to hear leaders of several local unions speak in support of the general strike, Tuesady evening, December 3, 1946.
The Oakland Tribune's front page coverage of the end of the general strike, Thursday, Decebmer 5, 1946.