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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 Representatives

Date: 05 08 1947
Description: A group portrait of thirteen male State representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, taken in front of the Federati...
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AFSCME Speakers

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of speakers at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) summer meeting held at 622 Mendota Court (Beta The...
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Official British Labor Commission

Date: 03 1918
Description: A large group of men in overcoats and hats posing together with a sign that reads: "Official British Labor Commission, W.A. Appleton — Joshua Butterworth, ...
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Gisholt Picnic

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol...
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Special Railroad Train

Date: 1904
Description: Special train from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Union Meeting at St. Paul, Minnesota. Group portrait of men posing on and around the locomotive. A young girl is ...
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McCormick Works Council

Date: 09 09 1927
Description: A group of 23 men from the McCormick Works Council posing for an outdoor photograph.
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McCormick Works Council

Date: 1930
Description: The men of the McCormick Works Council posing in front of the brick wall of a building for a group portrait.
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May Day Rally

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day rally with a crowd of Union members on the steps of a large stone building. Banners read "United Labor 51st May Day: 1886-1937" "German-American W...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Striking workers from the local 18 of United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers, C.I.O. picketing on a wide downtown sidewalk. The men are walking in a circle h...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Members of local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical of the C.I.O. picketing in a small circle on a wide downtown sidewalk. Two men hold signs and one reads, ...
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Two Mayors after a CIO Rally

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Mayor Vincent Totka of Cudahy and Mayor Charles Plotz of South Milwaukee pose for a photograph after greeting a CIO organized rally in South Milwaukee. A l...
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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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Meat Cutters Union Local 444 Strikers

Date: 07 03 1964
Description: Striking members of Meat Cutters Union Local 444 employed at Neesvig's Packing Co. picketing in front of the Park Motor Inn, a customer of the meat process...
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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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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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Wisconsin Delegation to 56th American Federation of Labor Convention

Date: 11 1936
Description: Group portrait of 22 people posing in front of a building. A caption on the back of the image identifies many of the people, though it does not seem to acc...
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We Saw You . . . at Labor Day Event

Date: 09 05 1960
Description: More than 300 people attend the annual Labor Day program sponsored by the Madison Federation of Labor at the Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street. Al Brickson...

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