New York -- Wide Open Spaces -- This is Times Square, virtually deserted shortly before 9 a.m. today, following Mayor William O'Dwyer proclamation shutting down all places of public assembly in order to cope with a critical fuel shortage resulting from the nine-day old tug boat strike.

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Title:
New York -- Wide Open Spaces -- This is Times Square, virtually deserted shortly before 9 a.m. today, following Mayor William O'Dwyer proclamation shutting down all places of public assembly in order to cope with a critical fuel shortage resulting from the nine-day old tug boat strike.
Title (alt.):
Wide Open Spaces -- Here is Times Square as it looked today, deserted in the wake of Mayor William O'Dwyer proclamation shutting down all business houses, amusements and places of public assembly in order to conserve fuel during critical shortage resulting from the nine-day old tugboat strike.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Longshoremen & Maritime Workers: U.S.
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1946]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Strikes
Longshoremen
Sailors
Places:
New York > New York > Manhattan
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 205 x 274 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pg15fq86m
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Labor Strikes. Tug boat.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001375_0005
Barcode:
39999088103591