Photograph
"La Guardia" Newspaper Organizers
| Roberto Hernandez (left) and Esequiel Guzman (center) work on the layout of "La Guardia" newspaper. The underground bilingual newspaper was published in Spanish and English from 1969-1982 in Milwaukee. The newspaper was created during the time of the labor movement led by Chicano laborers' union Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to improve migrant workers rights. Organizadores del periódico "La Guardia" Roberto Hernández (a la izquierda) y Esequiel Guzmán (al centro) trabajan en la composición del periódico "La Guardia." El periódico clandestino era publicado en español e inglés entre los años 1969-1982 en Milwaukee. El periódico fue creado durante el esfuerzo laboral dirigido por trabajadores chicanos del sindicato Obreros Unidos, para mejorar los derechos de los trabajadores emigrantes. |
| Image ID: | 91127 |
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| Creation Date: | 1969 |
| Creator Name: | Giffey, David |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | digital file |
| Original Format Number: | 1114000033 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4559 X 3147 pixels |
| Information on Obreros Unidos and Laguardia Newspaper from: Salas, Jesus and Giffey, David. "Lucha por la justicia: Movimiento de los trabajadores migrantes en Wisconsin = Struggle for Justice: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin." David Giffey, Photos by. Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Labor History Society; 1998. 15 p., and the Wisconsin Labor History website. |
| Newspapers |
| Hispanic Americans |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Moustache |
| Civil rights |
| Smoking |
| Editors |
| Journalists |
| Clothing and dress |
| Cigarettes |
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