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Operation Dixie
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Two men sit together in conversation. The man on the left is smoking a cigarette, and both men have booklets in front of them for the CIO's 8th Constitutional Convention, as well as medals for the same event. Caption reads: "At right, George Baldanzi, TWUA executive vice-president, chats with Van Bittner, director of CIO's southern drive."
1946
Central Studios (Atlantic City, N.J.)
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George Baldanzi
Line-drawn caricature profile of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi.
George Baldanzi
1952
Portrait of George Baldanzi, founding executive vice president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). He was deputy director for Operation Dixie, the Congress of Industrial Organization's ...
George Baldanzi
May 15, 1949
Portrait of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi. A note says that it was taken at the Stewards Dinner.
A Wife's Place
1942
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] can afford a wage increase. They [?] 12 1...
Emil Rieve and William Pollock
1954
Textile Workers Union of America [TWUA] General President Emil Rieve and Executive Vice President William Pollock posing shaking hands. A caption identifies the setting as the 1954 TWUA convention.
Baldanzi Kills Trade Union History
1952
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. The hand is labeled Baldanzi, in reference t...
