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  2. Elevator Strikes - Wikipedia

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    The Elevator Strikes were a series of labor strikes that took place from the 1920s to the 1960s across the United States, but most notably in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Before the automation of elevators, elevator operators had to "open and close the manual doors, control the direction and speed of the car, take requests from ...

  3. United States strike wave of 1945–1946 - Wikipedia

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    The US strike wave of 1945–1946 or great strike wave of 1946[1] were a series of massive post-war labor strikes after World War II from 1945 to 1946 in the United States spanning numerous industries including the motion picture (Hollywood Black Friday) and public utilities. In the year after V-J Day, more than five million American workers ...

  4. Category:1940s strikes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike. 1946 United States steel strike. 1947 Telephone strike. 1948 Boeing strike. 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike. 1949 New York City brewery strike. 1949 New York City taxicab strike.

  5. 1946 United States steel strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1946 US steel strike was a several months long strike of 750,000 steel workers of the United Steelworkers union. [1][2] It was a part of larger wave of labor disputes, known as the US strike wave of 1945–1946 after the end of World War II, and remains the largest strike in US history. [1][2][3] The strike started on January 21, 1946 ...

  6. The Americans (photography) - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-3-865215-84-0 (Steidl edition) The Americans is a photographic book by Robert Frank which was highly influential in post-war American photography. It was first published in France in 1958, and the following year in the United States. The photographs were notable for their distanced view of both high and low strata of American society.

  7. History of transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    History of New York City. Transportation in New York City has ranged from strong Dutch authority in the 17th century, expansionism during the industrial era in the 19th century and half of the 20th century, to cronyism during the Robert Moses era. The shape of New York City 's transportation system changed as the city did, and the result is an ...

  8. History of New York City (1898–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Category. v. t. e. Mulberry Street, on the Lower East Side, circa 1900. During the years of 1898–1945, New York City consolidated. New York City became the capital of national communications, trade, and finance, and of popular culture and high culture. More than one-fourth of the 300 largest corporations in 1920 were headquartered there.

  9. Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn elevated) - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Avenue Line, also called the Fifth Avenue Elevated or Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line, was an elevated rail line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Hudson Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Fifth Avenue, 38th Street, and Third Avenue from Downtown Brooklyn south to Bay Ridge. The portion on Third Avenue was called the Third ...