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Strikers' Thanksgiving

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Description: Distribution of holiday turkeys and spam to striking members of the UPWA union. The truck was sent by the local in neighboring Austin where Spam was produc...
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UAW Children's Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: Santa Claus surrounded by children at a Christmas Party sponsored by the United Automobile Workers Local 121 of Janesville.
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Farmers Union Workshop Meal

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Description: Farmers Union Workshop eating a meal together. Tom White, extreme left, was the Tennessee legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Conducto...
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Rubber Workers Workshop

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Description: Rubber Workers during a workshop at the Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton on far left.
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CIO Meal at Highlander

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Description: Summer Youth project, eating in dining hall Myles Horton on left, Wiley Gillmor second from left.
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Farmers Union Family Meal

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Description: A farming family, members of the Farmers Union, sharing a large dinner together.
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Zilphia Horton Leading Songs

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading singing at CIO School during Holiday season. At the table on the right, Myles Horton, Mike Ross, Tom Ludwig, and Joyce Mitchell.
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Annual CIO Convention

Date: 1944
Description: Southern CIO regional directors and other CIO officials meet during the CIO convention to plan a CIO term at Highlander. Myles Horton is in the lower right...
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Award to Chavez

Date: 1969
Description: Cesar Chavez (center) head of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee, receives a Ghandi commemorative medal from Theodore Mazarello (left) of the Gandhi Cen...
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Anniversary of JFK Assassination

Date: 11 1964
Description: Delegates from the International Labor Press Association place a marker on the grave of President John F. Kennedy to mark the first anniversary of his deat...
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NLRB Election

Date: 08 1951
Description: Organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers of America hand out leaflets concerning an upcoming National Labor Relations Board election to be held at th...
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UPWA Officers

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president...
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African American Labor Leaders

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Description: Banquet for African-American delegates to the convention of the Alabama State Industrial Union Council.
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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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Union Christmas Party

Date: 1959
Description: Four members of an unidentified local in United Packinghouse Workers of America District 1 (Burette King, Sidney Coleman, Aljay Williams, and Joseph Kuzma)...
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Hanna Swears in Milwaukee Labor Leaders

Date: 04 1974
Description: Hilton Hanna (left), a national leader in the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, swears in the new officers of Local 248 in Milwaukee.
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Workers' Unity House Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the store's interior, with people posing behind the counters. Some of the items for sale are glassware, fruit, and souvenir penna...
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Panorama of Labor Union 802 of Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Local Unions 154, 182 and 802 posed in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes Madison Locals of Brewery Workmen, Carpenters & Joiners, Cigar Makers...
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May Day Rally Flyer

Date: 1974
Description: Flyer advertising a May Day rally in support of public workers to be held at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Local public worke...
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We Share the Dream

Date: 1983
Description: Poster with an illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. against a red background. Text at top reads: "20th Anniversary Mobilation for Jobs, Peace and Freed...

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