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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Date: 10 14 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Federation of State, County and Municipal employees outside the Federation Building, 448 W. Washington Avenue. Photograph tak...
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Mendota State Hospital Award Presentation

Date: 01 16 1944
Description: Ralph Runge, Local #1 Chairman of the WSDA membership committee, presenting the President Zander Membership Cup to Jay D. Ferguson, Chairman of the winning...
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Mendota Hospital Employees

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Group portrait of 9 men and 8 women employees (members of AFSCME Local 13 ?) in front of World War II Service plaque.
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Servicemen's Honor Roll Plaque

Date: 11 11 1942
Description: Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local...
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AFSCME Summer Vacation Institute Class

Date: 06 20 1946
Description: AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Summer Vacation Institute class, standing on the steps in front of Delta Tau Delta Fra...
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AFSCME Executive Board

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees executive board. Thirteen men are sitting around a table.
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AFSCME Executve Board Witnessing Charter Signing

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees executive board witnessing the signing of a charter for the Atlantic City, New Jersey convention...
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AFSCME Representatives

Date: 05 08 1947
Description: A group portrait of thirteen male State representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, taken in front of the Federati...
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AFSCME Speakers

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of speakers at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) summer meeting held at 622 Mendota Court (Beta The...
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American Federation of Laundry Workers

Date: 07 02 1947
Description: Group portrait of American Federation of Laundry Workers Union members taken in the Colonial Room of the Hotel Loraine, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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American Federation of Laundry Workers

Date: 07 02 1947
Description: Presentation of certificate, American Federation of Laundry Workers International Union, with two men and one woman, taken in the Colonial Room at the Hote...
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Federation Building Library

Date: 03 25 1948
Description: Three women clerks sitting at desks in the library in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Building, 448 West Washington Avenue...
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Federation Building Library

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Library in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Building, 448 West Washington Avenue. Also shows two women clerks sitting at de...
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Wilson Boycott Parade

Date: 1959
Description: As part of a statewide boycott of Wilson products, delegates to the State Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids participate in an automobile parade. One car-...
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John L. Lewis

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Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, speaking.
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John L. Lewis

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Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Works of America, speaking at a hearing.
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Special Railroad Train

Date: 1904
Description: Special train from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Union Meeting at St. Paul, Minnesota. Group portrait of men posing on and around the locomotive. A young girl is ...

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