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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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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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Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green

Date: 1943
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, debate a point during a Mutual Broadcasting System ra...
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John L. Lewis

Date: 11 28 1935
Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, speaking.
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John L. Lewis

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Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, speaking.
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John L. Lewis

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Description: John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Works of America, speaking at a hearing.
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Contract Bargaining

Date: 1961
Description: Heated contract negotiations of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
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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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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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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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Nelson Cruikshank and Wilbur J. Cohen

Date: 12 01 1972
Description: The First Distinguished Citizen Award of the National Consumers League was given to Nelson H. Cruikshank, president of the American Federation of Labor (AF...
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Portrait of Nelson Cruickshank

Date: 11 05 1969
Description: Formal portrait of Nelson Cruickshank. In 1969, he became President of the AFL-CIO National Council of Senior Citizens, which began as a coalition Nelson C...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Thomas Kidd

Date: 1906
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Thomas Kidd, wearing eyeglasses and a suit and necktie.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

George Zentner

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of George Zentner of Oshkosh, a member of the Woodworkers Union.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

MIchael Troiber

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Michael Troiber, co-defendant with Thomas Kidd in a conspiracy trial related to the Oshkosh woodworkers strike of 18...
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Group Portrait; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Date: 1910
Description: Interior group portrait of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1074 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Three rows of men with a flag ...
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Anthony Earl Speaking to the AFL-CIO

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Description: Governor Anthony S. Earl stands at a podium on a stage. A man sits at a table draped in blue cloth on the left. Behind Earl sit several men in chairs. Some...
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Pullman Porter's Union

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of men in the Pullman Porter's Union posing indoors. A group of men are standing around five men sitting around a table.
Poster

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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Governor John Gilligan at Event

Date: 03 1971
Description: Group portrait of one woman and four men posing together. Caption reads: "NY RDD 3/1971. L to R: Marian Wright Edelman [civil rights activist and Yale boar...

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