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UAW Women Preparing Banquet

Date: 10 1946
Description: Members prepare a banquet to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of Auxiliary No. 2, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company), October 23, 1946. E...
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Factory Worker

Date: 1972
Description: An employee of the Chase Bag company, who was also a member of the Amagalamted Meatcutters and Butcherworkers of North America, stitches at a sewing machin...
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CIO Kitchen Duty

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Description: CIO students doing kitchen duty at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton helping.
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Bernice Williams with Sewing Machine

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Description: Bernice Williams working with a younger CIO member on a sewing machine at the South Carolina Citizenship group.
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Farmers Union Ladies Quilting

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Description: Farmers Union ladies quilting. A sign in the background reads, "Mt. Pelia". In Weakley County.
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Letter Carriers Christmas Pot Luck Supper

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Elevated view of five seated members of the Madison branch of Letter Carriers (#508) being served a pot luck supper in their honor by seven women at the GA...
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Labor Union School

Date: 08 1957
Description: People in line during lunchtime during the District 8 labor institute.
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Forest Park Hotel Dining Room

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Description: Interior of a dining room at Forest Park Hotel, purchased by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union in the early 1900's. Women stand among tables ...
Poster

Buy Union Made Plumbing Products

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Description: Poster with an illustration of two women cleaning a bathroom, with a caption that reads: "You Can Rub and Scrub And Scrub and Rub — But You Can't Get Clean...

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