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"Pickets: A Historical Chronicle of Struggles, Solidarity, and Social Change" Police, armed with truncheons, clashed with strikers at the Barbican building site

Background imagePickets Collection: Coal arriving at Orgreave

Coal arriving at Orgreave
Pickets and police look on as coal is brought into the British Steel coking plant at Orgreave, South Yorkshire during the Coal miners strike

Background imagePickets Collection: Police, armed with truncheons, clashed with strikers at the Barbican building site

Police, armed with truncheons, clashed with strikers at the Barbican building site. It happened after Mytons, the contractors

Background imagePickets Collection: Suffragette Pickets, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Suffragette Pickets, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Suffragette Pickets, between 1910 and 1920
Suffragette Pickets, between 1910 and 1920

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918
Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Philadelphia Group at Headquarters, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage - Philadelphia Group at Headquarters, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Philadelphia Group at Headquarters, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pennsylvania Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage - Pennsylvania Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pennsylvania Pickets, 1917
Woman Suffrage - Pennsylvania Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Background imagePickets Collection: Picket outside the ITN Building, Wells Street, London. 11th August 1979

Picket outside the ITN Building, Wells Street, London. 11th August 1979

Background imagePickets Collection: Charing Cross Hospital strike. Spokesman for Doctors at the hospital, Tony Richards

Charing Cross Hospital strike. Spokesman for Doctors at the hospital, Tony Richards, a consultant. 6th December 1978

Background imagePickets Collection: Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra perform for members of the public who were not able

Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra perform for members of the public who were not able to see them perform in the Royal Festival Hall because of the Orchestra industrial action

Background imagePickets Collection: Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra perform for members of the public who were not able

Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra perform for members of the public who were not able to see them perform in the Royal Festival Hall because of the Orchestra industrial action

Background imagePickets Collection: Pickets at Snowdown Colliery

Pickets at Snowdown Colliery
Striking coalminers at the Snowdown colliery in Kent, threatened with closure, mount a token picket. The colliery was eventually closed in 1986 Date: February 1981

Background imagePickets Collection: The Battle of Saltley Gate

The Battle of Saltley Gate
At Saltley Coke Depot, Birmingham, police struggle to hold back pickets who had gathered to force the closure of the Depot

Background imagePickets Collection: Suffragist Lucy Branham burns the 'hollow phrases' of President Woodrow Wilson across from

Suffragist Lucy Branham burns the "hollow phrases" of President Woodrow Wilson across from the White House
4073013 Suffragist Lucy Branham burns the "hollow phrases" of President Woodrow Wilson across from the White House

Background imagePickets Collection: Police seize the banners of suffragists before they reach the U. S. Senate, 1918 (sepia photo)

Police seize the banners of suffragists before they reach the U. S. Senate, 1918 (sepia photo)
5974483 Police seize the banners of suffragists before they reach the U.S. Senate, 1918 (sepia photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Background imagePickets Collection: Notes during the Recent London Cab Strike (engraving)

Notes during the Recent London Cab Strike (engraving)
1060989 Notes during the Recent London Cab Strike (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes during the Recent London Cab Strike)

Background imagePickets Collection: Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Four firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, New York, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Background imagePickets Collection: Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Firms being picketed, 42nd Street, New York City, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New York City. Four firms on 42nd Street in block east of Fifth Avenue were being picketed in this manner on this afternoon

Background imagePickets Collection: Women strike pickets, New York, 1910 (b / w photo)

Women strike pickets, New York, 1910 (b / w photo)
5055782 Women strike pickets, New York, 1910 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: New York shirtwaist strike or Uprising of the 20)

Background imagePickets Collection: The Unemployed (colour litho)

The Unemployed (colour litho)
3641684 The Unemployed (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Unemployed. Postcard, early 20th century. Signed: Elley (?).); © Look and Learn

Background imagePickets Collection: The Railway Strike in Scotland, Sketches at Glasgow (engraving)

The Railway Strike in Scotland, Sketches at Glasgow (engraving)
1602750 The Railway Strike in Scotland, Sketches at Glasgow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Railway Strike in Scotland, Sketches at Glasgow)

Background imagePickets Collection: The Kaffir War (engraving)

The Kaffir War (engraving)
1590107 The Kaffir War (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1840-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kaffir War. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 29 June 1878)



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"Pickets: A Historical Chronicle of Struggles, Solidarity, and Social Change" Police, armed with truncheons, clashed with strikers at the Barbican building site. Coal arriving at Orgreave - a pivotal moment in the miners' strike. Pickets at Snowdown Colliery standing united for their rights and livelihoods. The Battle of Saltley Gate: when pickets rallied against injustice and won. Ken Livingstone stands shoulder to shoulder with The Flying Pickets, amplifying their cause. A lone picket outside the ITN Building on Wells Street, London - a symbol of determination. Charing Cross Hospital strike: Doctors led by Tony Richards demand fair treatment for all patients. Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra perform for those unable to attend live shows during strikes. Suffragist Lucy Branham burns President Woodrow Wilson's "hollow phrases" near the White House in 1918 (b/w photo). Police seize suffragists' banners before they reach the U. S Senate in 1918 (sepia photo). Notes during the Recent London Cab Strike capture moments of solidarity among taxi drivers fighting for better conditions. In these images and stories lie tales of resilience, unity, and unwavering spirit as individuals fought against oppression or stood up for what they believed was right throughout history's many struggles and movements – from labor disputes to civil rights campaigns to gender equality fights – each picket line represents a chapter in our collective journey towards justice and progress