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The Badger Woolen Mills

Date: 1914
Description: View toward the mills with a water tower on the right. Caption reads: "The Badger Woolen Mills, Grafton, Wis."
Photograph

Portage Hosiery

Date: 07 1966
Description: View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ...
Photograph

Weavers Guild, La Crosse

Date: 1895
Description: Studio group portrait of fifteen men and women posing together in front of a painted backdrop. Some of the people are holding weaving tools.
Postcard

Manufacturing District

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Description: View of factories along the Fox River. The building on the left has a sign painted on it that reads: "Valley Knitting Co." Caption reads: "Manufacturing Di...
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Jacquard Loom

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Description: Large machine indoors. Caption reads: "Hartford, Conn. Weaving carpet material in the Bigelow-Hartford mill on a Jacquard loom."
Photograph

Plea for Public Power

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: A man stands at a podium and reads from a sheet of paper. Several men are seated at tables and desks, and are looking at him. Caption reads: "PLEA FOR PUBL...
Drawing

George Baldanzi

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Description: Line-drawn caricature profile of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi.
Photograph

Local 326 Installation Ceremony

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Four men are behind a table, one of them standing. A banner in the background includes the logo for the Textile Workers Union of America, and the words "Lo...
Photograph

George Baldanzi

Date: 05 15 1949
Description: Portrait of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi. A note says that it was taken at the Stewards Dinner.
Photograph

A Wife's Place

Date: 1942
Description: Several people marching together. A man and woman are marching in the front next to each other; the woman is holding a cigarette. A sign reads: "[Danville]...
Drawing

Baldanzi Kills Trade Union History

Date: 1952
Description: Satirical cartoon depicting an arm holding a bloodied knife over a book. The open book is titled Trade Union History and has blood seeping from a wound. Th...
Photograph

Hosiery Branch 169 Negotiating Committee

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Description: Four women, six men, and one boy pose together. Caption reads: "OFFICIALS AND NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE of Hosiery Branch 169 were instrumental in winning the ...
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Hosiery Union Men's Choral Group

Date: 01 1944
Description: A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group."
Photograph

Textile Problems

Date: 1959
Description: Two men are seated at a small table facing each other with a microphone suspended between them. Caption reads: "TEXTILE PROBLEMS make the airwaves. Left, G...
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Flying to Sweden

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Two men stand outside the door to a Pan American airplane. Caption reads: "Leaving New York's Idlewild Airport on way to international conference in Sweden...
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Dixie Story

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a man speaking at a podium and groups of people sitting at tables around the room. A banner suspended from a balcony reads: "Industrial Re...
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Textile Leaders

Date: 02 03 1951
Description: Two men are seated at a table. One is looking at the other. Caption reads: "TEXTILE LEADERS met at Western hemisphere conference of International Confedera...
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Set of Luggage

Date: 01 12 1952
Description: Two men and a woman are posing while standing behind a table. One of the men has his arm around the other. A set of luggage is on the table in front of the...
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Defending International Unions

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Description: A man stands at a podium. Caption reads: "General President William Pollock defends international unions at TWUA's 10th Biennial Canadian Conference."

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