Get a Printer-Friendly
Version of this Page
Website Design by Micah Lanier
Photos by Zane Williams
Set Design by Joe Varga
ESPERANZA is a Labor Arts Project of the Wisconsin Labor History Society and the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Photo Gallery
Photos by Zane Williams
Clicking on any of the photos below will open a lightbox with a larger version of that image. Use the arrow buttons or keyboard arrows to navigate between images, and press ESC or click the X button to close. The gallery is divided between the first and second acts, please use the links above and below the preview images to select between these.
Act 1 | Act 2
The arduous task of daily laundry in Zinctown
|
Ramon narrowly escapes injury in a mine accident
|
Esperanza laments the harsh working conditions they all endure
|
Men at the cantina: "We can't go on living this way . . . let's go on strike . . ."
|
"Don't forget the sanitation issue!"
|
Mrs. Salazar reminds Ramon it's Esperanza's Saint's Day
|
Ramon & Esperanza sing joyfully to their unborn child
|
"We wait for you, we welcome you, we live for you."
|
Forced to strike over mine safety, Ramon & Salvador argue
|
Salvador asks compassion for being a scab, citing the rigors of the strike
|
Forbidden by an injunction to picket, the men argue strategy at a union meeting
|
The women propose that they do the picketing while the men take over the house work
|
"Women on the picket line, it's a ridiculous idea!"
|
By a vote of the whole community, women and men, the women take over the strike
|
"Daughters, wives, abuelas, we stood our ground."
|
|
Act 1 | Act 2