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Children Protesting Wages at the White House

Published March 18, 2013

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This is a photograph from the Library of Congress, circa 1926. Definitely not something you’re likely to see these days.

Four adults and six children, from Passaic, N.J., picket the White House following President Coolidge's refusal to listen to their complaints about wage cuts in the textile industry — Four adults and six children, from Passaic, N.J., picket the White House following President Coolidge’s refusal to listen to their complaints about wage cuts in the textile industry

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged Calvin Coolidge, The White House

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