Steel Mill Temporary Airport during Little Steel Strike of 1937   Save
YHCIL MSS0017 1937 Little Steel Strike Collection
Description: This black and white photograph taken June 23, 1937 shows a group of grounded planes. These planes were used during the course of the strike to resupply the mills. There were a couple of incidents where picketers shot at the planes when they attempted to land inside the mill. The picture was taken during the course of the violent and deadly 'Little Steel' strike of 1937 in Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0017_F01_030
Subjects: Steel strike, 1937; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; Republic Steel Corporation; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)