Trouble in Frisco

Maker Fletcher Martin (American, 1904-1979)

Collections

American Print Selections

ClassificationsPRINTS

Dateca. 1938

Mediumlithograph on paper

Dimensionsdiameter: 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm.)

SignedSigned in lower right of recto: Fletcher Martin

InscribedSigned in lower right of recto: Fletcher Martin Inscribed in lower right of recto: "Trouble in Frisco"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Homer D. Crotty.

Label TextLabor unrest was a central concern for printmakers in the 1930s. Martin's lithograph depicts the maritime strike of 1934, which began when seamen and longshoremen stopped working along the entire Pacific Coast. In San Francisco, businesses were brought to a halt. The strike broke out into riots when the Industrial Association, a group of business interests, began to move cargo from the docks to warehouses. On the most violent of these days, called "Bloody Thursday," strikers were met by the teargas, batons, and gunshots of city police and the National Guard.

Status

Not on view

Object number91.284.67