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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Cutters Protesting a Lockout

Date: 1933
Description: Cutters from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union picket a Reed Brothers Company lockout.
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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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Madison Labor Day Queen

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Mrs. Evelyn Gotzion of 3222 James Street in Madison, Labor Day Queen, shows her ring to Orla Coleman, president of the Madison Federation of Labor. The rin...
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Construction and General Laborers Union Banquet

Date: 01 12 1959
Description: Group portrait of five attendees at the Construction and General Laborers Local 464 Banquet. Left to right are Bernard Adler, Anthony Caruso, Mike (Michael...
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Nelson Cruikshank and Wilbur J. Cohen

Date: 12 01 1972
Description: The First Distinguished Citizen Award of the National Consumers League was given to Nelson H. Cruikshank, president of the American Federation of Labor (AF...
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Nelson Cruikshank and Lyndon B. Johnson

Date: 07 14 1965
Description: President Johnson gives a warm handshake to AFL-CIO Social Security Dir. Nelson H. Cruikshank after a White House ceremony in which he signed into law the ...
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Portrait of Nelson Cruickshank

Date: 11 05 1969
Description: Formal portrait of Nelson Cruickshank. In 1969, he became President of the AFL-CIO National Council of Senior Citizens, which began as a coalition Nelson C...
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Portrait of Nelson Cruickshank

Date: 1955
Description: Nelson Cruikshank, emphasizes a point with his left hand as he talks to someone.

Cruikshank worked for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Indus...

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Nelson Cruikshank with Members of the Advisory Council on Social Security

Date: 1955
Description: Members of the Advisory Council on Social Security, which has just completed a review of the social security program and submitted recommendations for impr...
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Executive Council, American Federation of Labor

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Back row, left to right: John B. Lennon, ...
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Group Portrait; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Date: 1910
Description: Interior group portrait of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1074 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Three rows of men with a flag ...
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Anthony Earl Speaking to the AFL-CIO

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Description: Governor Anthony S. Earl stands at a podium on a stage. A man sits at a table draped in blue cloth on the left. Behind Earl sit several men in chairs. Some...
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Metal Apprentices are Honored

Date: 05 26 1965
Description: Jerry Haywood, Donald Lyons, and James Kruger were each named the best member of their various class years. The sheet metal apprentice honorees were select...
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Pullman Porter's Union

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of men in the Pullman Porter's Union posing indoors. A group of men are standing around five men sitting around a table.
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Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Meeting

Date: 07 1946
Description: Nine men are sitting around a table in an office, with books and papers in front of them. A caption identifies them as, from left to right: August Alles, P...
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Electric Company Strike Negotiations

Date: 12 30 1966
Description: Three men are sitting together at a table. The man in the middle appears to be writing on a document, while the man on his right is talking to him. Caption...
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3rd Anniversary, Local #174 International Laundry Workers

Date: 09 03 1937
Description: View of a large group of people sitting and standing in a large room. A floral bouquet and a curtain divider are in the foreground.
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Albert Trostel & Sons Company Centennial Plaque

Date: 09 17 1958
Description: Two men are standing outdoors and holding onto a plaque, which reads: "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ALBERT TROSTEL & SONS COMPANY ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. WE, T...
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Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Convention

Date: 07 1912
Description: Group portrait of a large group of men who are wearing suits and hats posing in front of a building. The men are also wearing medals on their lapels.

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