Bristol Arena

References

  1. Boston Boxing Promotions, “The Sweet Science Finally Returns to the Whaling City,” September 26, 2016; BoxRec, “Boxing Events: New Bedford, Massachusetts,” accessed August 30, 2026. ↩
  2. “Fire Destroys Bristol Arena,” Lowell Sun, May 23, 1945, 43. The same report appeared in the Daily Kennebec Journal, May 23, 1945, 3. ↩
  3. “All 7 Unions for Peace,” New Bedford Times, October 6, 1928, 1, New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection; “Labor: No, Yes,” Time, October 15, 1928. ↩
  4. “No Protest by Labor to Langshaw Cut: Batty Says Dartmouth Slash Was to Be Expected,” New Bedford Times, October 17, 1928, New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  5. Seymour Louis Wolfbein, The Decline of a Cotton Textile City: A Study of New Bedford (New York: Columbia University Press, 1944); NC State University, “New Bedford, MA: Textiles History.” ↩
  6. United States Census Bureau, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, population of New Bedford; United States Census Bureau, “QuickFacts: New Bedford City, Massachusetts,” 2025 population estimate. ↩

Image Credits

  1. “T.M.C. and Police Watch as Loomfixers Vote,” New Bedford Times, October 6, 1928, 1. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  2. “All 7 Unions for Peace,” New Bedford Times, October 6, 1928, 1. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  3. Fred Ellis, “Judas,” political cartoon, Daily Worker, October 11, 1928. Digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive. ↩
  4. “Meets Mendes,” photograph of Willie Walker, New Bedford Times, May 7, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  5. Tucker Worrall, photograph of the former Bristol Arena/Elm Rink building, 1204 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2023. Author’s collection. ↩

WIR Station & Franco-American Federation

References

  1. “Textile Relief Calls Workers to Aid Strikers: W.I.R. Sets Up Mill Strike Aid Station,” Daily Worker, May 4, 1928, 1, National Edition. Digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive. ↩
  2. Tom O’Connor, “New Bedford Textile Strike Enters Sixth Week With Workers Ranks Solid,” Daily Worker, May 22, 1928, 2. The article identifies the South End relief station at 80 Potomska Street and the North End station at 31 Hathaway Street. ↩
  3. “Mill Families Face Starvation,” Daily Worker, August 18, 1928, 6, datelined August 16. The article states that the Cruz and Oliveira families were receiving food every day from the two Workers International Relief kitchens. ↩
  4. “Chief McLeod Gives Orders for Raids on T.M.C.,” “The First Arrest in T.M.C. South End Raid,” and “T.M.C. Leader Arrested in Raid,” photographs and captions, New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928, New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. The identification of the Franco-American Building as the TMC South End headquarters is based on the matching façade and camera angle in these photographs and the WIR relief-station photograph. ↩
  5. Tom O’Connor, “New Bedford Textile Strike Enters Sixth Week With Workers Ranks Solid,” Daily Worker, May 22, 1928, 2; “Strikers Enjoy Afternoon Dancing in South End Headquarters,” photograph and caption, New Bedford Times, May 25, 1928, New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection; Robert Barcellos, “French Sharpshooters Disband after Nearly 80 Years,” Sunday Standard-Times, November 29, 1970, transcribed by O.R.P.H., Inc. The May 25 hall is identified as the French Sharpshooters’ Club in the Map Monster location research. ↩
  6. “All 7 Unions for Peace,” New Bedford Times, October 6, 1928, 1; “Police Raid Two T.M.C. Meeting Places: T.M.C. Opposition in Complete Collapse,” and accompanying arrest photographs and captions, New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩

Image Credits

  1. Photographer unknown, [Workers International Relief food outside the South End station], 1928. Image obtained from Dan Moriarty, “Outsourced Pt. 2: Boom & Bust | The South Coast’s Textile Industry,” Groundwork, July 31, 2023. A matching copy is titled “Food Delivered to New Bedford Strikers,” credited “Courtesy of Spinner Publications,” and was posted by Washington Area Spark on Flickr, April 27, 2016. ↩
  2. Tucker Worrall, photograph of the former Franco-American Building site at Welcome Street and West Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2023. Author’s collection. ↩
  3. “Textile Relief Calls Workers to Aid Strikers: W.I.R. Sets Up Mill Strike Aid Station,” front-page clipping, Daily Worker, May 4, 1928, 1, National Edition. Digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive. ↩
  4. “Premiums for the New Ten Thousand Readers of The Daily Worker,” advertisement, Daily Worker, May 4, 1928. Digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive. ↩
  5. “Police Raid Two T.M.C. Meeting Places: T.M.C. Opposition in Complete Collapse,” New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  6. “Chief McLeod Gives Orders for Raids on T.M.C.,” photograph and caption, New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  7. “The First Arrest in T.M.C. South End Raid,” photograph and caption, New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩
  8. “T.M.C. Leader Arrested in Raid,” photograph of Andrew Izyck and caption, New Bedford Times, October 9, 1928. New Bedford Public Library microfilm collection. ↩