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'Union Station Riot' depicts dark side of railroad strike

“Union Station Riot,” painted by Martin B. Leisser, is part of the collection at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The painting depicts riots in Pittsburgh’s Strip District in 1877 during a national railroad strike.

A painting at The Westmoreland
Museum of American Art shows the dark side of a railroad strike in 1877.


Source: The Tribune-Review

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