Union Hall

ID: 879 ~ Source: Mary K. Marlatt ~ Creator: Mary K. Marlatt ~ Date: 2013

This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

Laborers International Union of North America Local 795 remains part of New Albany's social landscape.
Image courtesy of Mary K. Marlatt.

This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

By John Slack, Mary K. Marlatt, Benjamin Gies & Ellis Cassity

By the early 1870s, New Albany became a bustling river town with extensive commercial activity and a large number of industrial facilities. Nationwide economic trends disrupted New Albany’s economic prosperity. The Great Panic of 1873 swept across…