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Joint Labor Negotiations

Date: 1962
Description: Frank Gorman of the Amalgamated Meatcutters union, and James Hoffa of the Teamsters, signing an agreement to bargain cooperatively with the F.M. Stamper Co...
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Goodbye to Local 50

Date: 1962
Description: Members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 50 at a ceremony marking the closure of the Swift & Company plant in Milwaukee. The local was o...
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Just the Facts

Date: 1962
Description: During a long strike by United Packinghouse Workers Local 156, the Teamsters union attempted to lure the strikers into their union. To combat that effort, ...
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Milwaukee Labor Leaders

Date: 1962
Description: Members of Milwaukee Livestock Handlers, Local 567 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers Union, celebrate their 10th anniversary.
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Bob Moses

Date: 1962
Description: SNCC leader Bob Moses. Although this image is not fully captioned, it is believed to be the voter registration office in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Butterbeans and Suzy

Date: 1962
Description: Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in...
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Alvin J. Steinkopf

Date: 1962
Description: Informal portrait of Associated Press journalist Alvin J. Steinkopf seated at his desk in the London bureau.
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John W.D. Wright Portrait

Date: 1962
Description: Quarter-length portrait of John W.D. Wright. Wright served International Harvester Company as Comptroller from 1961 to 1963, when he also assumed the role ...
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Meal at International Harvester Company Farm

Date: 1962
Description: International Harvester salesmen gather at a table to share a meal at the company farm at Tifton. International Harvester offered classes on the farm in or...
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Otto F Schultz

Date: 1962
Description: Otto F. Schultz, at age 81, uses the same tools his father used in his blacksmith shop.
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First Campaign

Date: 1962
Description: Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph.
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Truck Drivers at Rest Stop

Date: 1962
Description: A waitress serves five male truck drivers seated along a diner counter at a truck stop. The original caption reads: "Service to a 'T' awaits drivers in a h...
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Mt. Victory Diner Interior

Date: 1962
Description: Waitresses serve tables of customers seated for a meal inside the Mt. Victory truck stop. The caption on a similar photograph reads: "Service to a 'T' awai...
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Truckers at Diner Counter

Date: 1962
Description: A waitress stamps a customer's order at the counter at the Mt. Victory truck stop. The original caption reads: "Service to a 'T' awaits drivers in a hurry ...
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Mt. Victory General Store

Date: 1962
Description: A worker helps a customer from across the counter at the general store in the Mt. Victory truck stop. A caption on a similar photograph reads: "Bigger than...
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza Restroom

Date: 1962
Description: A man shaves his face in the mirror of the Mt. Victory truck stop restroom. The caption on a similar photograph reads: "Long, lonely hours on the road give...
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Mt. Victory General Store

Date: 1962
Description: A transaction takes place between a truck driver and an employee of the Mt. Victory truck stop, or service plaza.
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Mt. Victory Auto Repair Shop

Date: 1962
Description: A man bends down and points at International Harvester parts on display as a clerk looks on at the Mt. Victory truck stop, or service plaza.
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza Dining

Date: 1962
Description: A waitress serves four truck drivers sitting in a booth in the Mt. Victory truck stop dining room. Against the window of the booth is a tabletop jukebox.
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Service Counter at Mt. Victory Service Plaza

Date: 1962
Description: Two men speak across the service counter at Mt. Victory truck stop. Several posters and a map hang on the wall, and a cash register sits on the counter.

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