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Police arresting pickets Edna Dixon and Lavinia Dock in a crowd, August 1917

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Title

Police arresting pickets Edna Dixon and Lavinia Dock in a crowd, August 1917

Subject

Suffrage

Description

Photograph of crowds and policemen surrounding National Woman's Party members picketing with banners.
Photograph published in The Suffragist, 5, no. 83 (Aug. 25, 1917): 7. Caption: "Arrest of Miss Edna Dixon and Miss Lavinia Dock at West Gate, with Banner inscribed "England and Russia Are Enfranchising Women in War Time" This Gate was Deserted Until Police Drew Crowd from Lower Gate."

Creator

Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. (Photographer)

Source

Library of Congress

Date

August 17, 1917

Identifier

https://www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000230/