It is kinda funny that. . . with all the news of late regarding unions, labor, and strikes . . . that I just recently came across this newspaper clipping picturing Louise Brooks, and her reported encounter with striking laborers in Chicago. This particular piece appeared in Missouri's Carthage Evening Press on Tuesday, August 7, 1928. I have never seen this image of Brooks.
The caption reads: "Here is Louise Brooks, film star, with her famous 'naughty eyes' in action. Miss Brooks stopped off for a few hours in Chicago on her way to New York, heard talk of a pending porter's strike, and thereupon demonstrated her ability to carry off anything with the greatest of ease."
All too often, these sort of random feature photos of celebrities in usual situations were little more than publicity, or bally-who. However, I was able to confirm that there was considerable news coverage given to a proposed national strike by Pullman porters in the summer of 1928. So who known, perhaps Louise Brooks did lug her own luggage -- though this picture looks a bit staged.
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Interesting stuff!
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