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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...
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Portrait of Nelson Cruickshank

Date: 1955
Description: Nelson Cruikshank, emphasizes a point with his left hand as he talks to someone.

Cruikshank worked for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Indus...

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Henry Ohl, Jr.

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Henry Ohl, Jr., general organizer/president of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, 1917-1940. He was a Socialist member of ...
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Solomon Barkin

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Description: Portrait of Solomon Barkin, director of research for Textile Workers Union of America. Barkin studied economics at Columbia University (1928). He directed ...
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George Baldanzi

Date: 1952
Description: Portrait of George Baldanzi, founding executive vice president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). He was deputy director for Operation Dixie, ...
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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.
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Opposition to CIO Structure

Date: 1952
Description: Close-up of a man at a podium. Caption reads: "OPPOSITION to form of CIO structure change was voiced by George Baldanzi. He was lone objector."
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Anti-Administration Leader

Date: 1951
Description: A man stands at a podium and gestures. Caption reads: "LEADER of anti-administration forces in all debates, of course, was George Baldanzi."
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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."
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William Pollock

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of William Pollock, a long-standing union official. Pollock was business agent for United Textile Workers (UTW) Local 25 from 1931-...
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William Pollock

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of William Pollock, a long-standing union official. Pollock was business agent for United Textile Workers (UTW) Local 25 from 1931-...
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William Pollock

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of William Pollock, a long-standing union official. Pollock was business agent for United Textile Workers (UTW) Local 25 from 1931-1937, when he b...
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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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Organizing's Even More Important

Date: 1954
Description: A man stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Two men are seated in the background. Caption reads: "ORGANIZING'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, Executive Vi...
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First Annual Convention, North Carolina State AFL-CIO

Date: 03 1958
Description: A man stands at a podium. He is TWUA General President William Pollock. Caption reads: "1st Annual Convention. North Carolina State A.F.L.-C.I.O. Park Cent...
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Emil Rieve and William Pollock

Date: 1954
Description: Textile Workers Union of America [TWUA] General President Emil Rieve and Executive Vice President William Pollock posing shaking hands. A caption identifie...
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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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Textile Labor Convention

Date: 05 1946
Description: A man stands at a podium, gesturing. A seal on the front of the podium reads: "Atlantic City Audito[rium]." Caption identifies him as William Pollock, gene...

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