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Steelworkers Support Striking Members

Date: 04 1946
Description: Del Krause, president of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (second from left) smiles as he and Ken Gorman, vice-president of the local, hand $800 ...
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Packinghouse Workers Protesting at Armour and Co.

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Packinghouse workers and their CIO supporters protest Armour and Company's "back-to-work" day, April 20, 1948.

"The 'back to work' movement of Armour & C...

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UAW Local 75 Softball Team

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: The Victors - There was fun and entertainment at the picnic sponsored by Nash-Seaman Body Local 75, UAW, Sunday at the Old Heidelberg park. Some 4,500 loc...
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Milwaukee Labor Day Parade on Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: Workers and soldiers marched together in Milwaukee's first Labor Day parade in many years, sponsored by the CIO, to demonstrate the common interest of all ...
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Children and Adults Participating in Milwaukee Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa...
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Strike Vote, Louis Allis Co.

Date: 04 1946
Description: Members of Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (Louis Allis Company) cast votes for a strike.
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Paul Steffes, UAW Local 75

Date: 02 1948
Description: Paul Steffes, secretary-treasurer of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) at his desk.
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Performers at UAW Christmas Party

Date: 12 13 1947
Description: Children of members of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) performing at the union Christmas party. There are accordion players and a...
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Steelworkers Costume Party

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Members of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation) at a holiday costume party.
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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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Packinghouse Workers Picket Line

Date: 03 22 1948
Description: Members of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America and their families walking the picket line.

"Picket Duty - Everyone's Job" Even the youngste...

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Arthur W. Friede, President of Gentile League, Watertown

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: Arthur W. Friede, President of Gentile League, an organization "to give Gentiles equal rights with Jews." The Wisconsin State Journal investigated t...
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Shorewood Hills League Officers

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Shorewood Hills League officers at lunch at the Blackhawk Country Cub. Mrs. T.W. Doig (Beulah Doig), Mrs. Sydney Miller (Myrtle Miller), Mrs. Arch Ely (Mar...
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Three Zonta International Members

Date: 11 11 1944
Description: Group portrait of three members of the Zonta International Club, a classified service club for executive women, taken at an inter-city meeting held at the ...
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Judson Pearsall and Sargent James E. Spangberg

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: Judson Pearsall, commander of the Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, visiting with an injured soldier, Sargent James E. Spangberg, at the T...
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Margaret Smith with Servicemen's Letters

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to...
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Spanish Refugee Benefit Committee

Date: 07 16 1945
Description: Members of the Spanish Refugee Benefit Committee are shown planning for the event. Mrs. Robert Seidl and daughter Lynn on the left, Mrs. Frank Rentz, Mrs. ...

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