National Guard Troops Pose with a World War I Howitzer in Front of Loray Mill

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Subject: Labor and unionization

Decade: 1920s

Subcollection: Strikes and Labor Organization, 1929-1993


National Guard troops quartered at the Loray Mill during the 1929 strike. Howitzer is an M1916 37mm cannon

City & County: Gastonia (N.C.); Gaston County (N.C.)
Contributor: Lucy R. Penegar Collection