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Uncollected Rubbish in Downtown Madison

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage in the 300 block of West Main Street during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Kennedy and Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy meeting with delegates to the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workers Union in the White House rose garden. The labor leader...
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Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Unity House. On the left are two women reading in swings fastened to a large tree. A covered walkway behind them leads to the h...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View over fence and lawn toward the Unity House. Four women are sitting in the covered walkway that leads to the covered, wraparound veranda. There are tr...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View down driveway toward the house. Along the right is a vine-covered fence. People are standing in the driveway, and women are sitting in chairs on the c...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn with a fountain and flowers toward the facade of the house. The covered, wraparound veranda has four columns, and there are stone foundati...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Elevated view of the back of the house and an outbuilding with numerous windows. A dirt path runs around the outbuilding, with a small planting of flowers ...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View down driveway toward the house. The dirt path diverges on both sides of the house, leaving a grassy area that includes flowers, a fountain, trees, and...
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Workers' Unity House Entrance

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Description: Elevated view of the lawn and driveway, with a fountain in the foreground, and plantings that spell "Unity." Two women are walking on the left path, and in...
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Workers' Unity House Entrance and Drive

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Description: View toward the covered entrance and covered pathway. Above the roof is sign that reads, in reverse: "Welcome." To the right is a large structure, probably...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View down fence-lined road towards the covered entrance and walkway. A two-story house is in the background on the right. A fence is along the dirt path, w...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View up driveway toward a house and covered walkway. A fence is along the road, and two women walking up to the house, where a group of women are sitting o...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Elevated view of the house, with the covered walkway on the left. Chairs are on the second floor porch of the house.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Women, men and children pose on the front porch of the main house. Men and women occupy the rocking chairs that are lined up on the left along the porch ra...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Interior view of the lobby, with three wicker chairs sitting in a row in the foreground, and a large room behind it that includes the front desk and numero...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Cottage, with separate housing next door to the right, and the covered walkway. Two people are walking under the walkway. The s...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward Cottage U. Shrubs grow close to the porch, with tress in the lawn. A chair is on the upper veranda.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the side of the Cottage and its corner tower. Part of the covered walkway is on the right. Women, men, and children are walking the...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: A view of the cottages, from the lawn. All the facades face inward onto this lawn lined with trees and shrubs. A woman sits on the porch on the cottage to ...

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