Tarring of Statue of Industry

Date: October 25, 1929 • Location: Gosforth, United Kingdom

Hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle, England, tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured), a sculpture by Herbert Maryon.

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