ilwu Collection Joseph Grosso

Untitled #12 [Ship and Picket]

The sign identifies the striking union as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which might apply to the west coast prior to the formation of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union in 1937.

Unsigned oil painting by James Grosso, circa 1955.

See this image in the Art from the Waterfront exhibit