1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery

Images from the 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, one of the most iconic strikes in American history. The strikers shut down transport of goods in the city and battled police and employer vigilante groups.

Police use tear gas

May 21: Strikers go into action against Citizens Alliance deputies

May 21: Worker takes down a Citizens Alliance deputy

Women’s Auxiliary serving pickets at strike headquarters commissary

Bloody Friday, July 20. Police open fire on pickets; Local 574 striker Henry Nes

Local 574 cruising pickets stop a driver to check for permits.

Street fighting in warehouse district

20,000 to 30,000 people pack the warehouse district

Vincent R. Dunne arrested August 1 during National Guard raid on Local 574 strik

100,000 attend funeral of Local 574 martyr Henry Ness

National Guardsmen deployed in Minneapolis

Police moving trucks against unarmed pickets

National Guard protecting strikebreaker

Raid on AFL headquarters

After martial law, a virtual guerrilla war enveloped the back streets of Minneap

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