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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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Lobby Day

Date: 06 04 1987
Description: Group portrait of the Service Employees International Union Local 880 on Lobby Day.
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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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Packinghouse Workers Session

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Description: Packinghouse Workers session in Highlander: Vice President Russell Lasley, top row, right; Secretary-treasurer, Hathaway, front row, second from left. Myle...
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Rubber Workers at Highlander

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Description: A group of Rubber Industry workers attending a workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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United Auto Workers at Highlander

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Description: Groupportrait of members of the United Auto Workers union attending a workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Chattanooga CIO Gathering

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Description: CIO gathering, possibly in Chattanooga. Zilphia Horton was in charge of the event. Charlie Horton, second person from Zilphia, in suit with moustache.
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Packinghouse Educational Conference

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Description: Packinghouse Educational Conference at Highlander Folk School. Banner reads, "Denver locals No's 21, 85, 87 & 88 welcomes delegates, Eighth Constitutional...
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Farmers Union Members by Fertilizer Co-op

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Description: Private building of Farmers Union Fertilizer Co-op, with three men in work clothes sitting in front. Junior Marlow on right.
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Alabama Textile Workers Conference

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Description: Image caption reads: "Textile workers conference, Central Alabama, 1939-seated back row Weatherspoon, next Zilphia Horton, next Alabama director, behind po...
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Third Farmers Union Session

Date: 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of the third Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School.
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United Rubber Workers Conference

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Description: Rubber workers Educational Conference. Fifth from left in front row, Zilphia Horton, sixth from left is Mr. Lewis, the Educational Director for the Rubber ...
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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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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Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt

Date: 1933
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna have the NRA labels in their coats inspected by David Dubinsky, president of the ILG WU (left) and Raymond Ingersol...
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Packinghouse Strike

Date: 04 1962
Description: Four members of Milwaukee Local 248 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America on strike against the Monarch company. The UPWA had a long history of org...
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Union Leaders in Selma

Date: 03 1965
Description: Ralph Helstein (second from the left), the president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with other union leaders on the first day of the civil ...
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Senior Meatpackers

Date: 08 1952
Description: Four members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 56 employed at the Illinois Meats Company: (left to right) Bill Murdock, Mike Mickle, Bill...
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Poor People's March

Date: 1968
Description: Charles Hayes (fourth from the right), an officer of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with the UPWA delegation to the march.
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Women's Activities Delegates

Date: 1953
Description: Delegates to the first Women's Activities Conference sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign behind the three women concerns the im...

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