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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... |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Democratic candidate for vice-president, Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, being greeted by Madison labor leaders. From left: Roy E. Bewick, President o... |
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| Description: | Zilphia Horton greeting a male CIO student on a rainy day at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 09 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Madison's Labor Day parade, showing the electrical workers' unit, the largest unit in the parade, and the Brotherhood of Electrical Worker... |
| Date: | 09 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Iron Workers Local 383 float in the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square. It won first place for originality. |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Workers eating dinner. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Un... |
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