Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.606
Object Name
Poster
Title
26
Events
General Strike
Date
around 1926
Description
A scroll featuring nine repetitions of a poster celebrating the 1926 general strike, in which workers around the UK went on strike against working conditions and the rising cost of living. The poster features a large number '26' in large font, next to which are three portraits of men involved in the General Strike: trade unionist W. Otrime, trade union leader of the Miners Federation of Great Britain A.J. Cook, and British statesman and Labour politician E. Bevan. Writing on the back reads "General Strike"
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