Strike parade on Wishkah Street — 7/8/1935 — #14116_6_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen
Northwest lumber workers went out on strike in May 1935. On July 8, 1935, after Washington State Governor Clarence Martin had called 300 National Guardsmen to Aberdeen to prevent strikers from picketing local mills, an estimated 6,000 striking workers and their supporters paraded along Heron, Wishkah and Market Streets in Aberdeen and later marched to Hoquiam and back.
In this picture, a color guard leads the parade along Wishkah Street. Visible in the photo are the Becker Building in left background; on the right are Adamore Shoes, Goldberg Furniture, and the Aberdeen Theatre.
