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Allis-Chalmers Strikers

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Striking members of Local 248, United Automobile Workers, discuss strategy outside the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company plant.

Date Created:
October 28, 1946
Creator:
Eisenscher, Edmund, 1909-1995 (photographer)

Publication Information

Creator Eisenscher, Edmund, 1909-1995 (photographer)
Date Created October 28, 1946

Physical Description

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Collection Information

Source Collection Edmund Eisenscher papers, 1936-1956, 1999
Call Number PH 6051.295
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999464225602121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06051

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012DQU
Legacy ID
WHi 3047

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