Union Hall

ID: 880 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Library Digital Collections ~ Date: 1988

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

The Laborers International Union Hall Local 795 is located at 1213 State Street. This image was taken in 1988.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Library Digital Collections.

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…