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George L.P. Weaver

Date: 12 05 1947
Description: George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention.
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Mendota State Hospital Award Presentation

Date: 01 16 1944
Description: Ralph Runge, Local #1 Chairman of the WSDA membership committee, presenting the President Zander Membership Cup to Jay D. Ferguson, Chairman of the winning...
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Madison Labor Co-op Committee

Date: 09 15 1947
Description: Members of the Madison Labor Co-op committee are shown at a meeting at the new East side co-op grocery store, 3055 East Washington Avenue, which will have ...
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Willie Rudd

Date: 1991
Description: Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference i...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Phoebe Hayes, librarian for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and representative from the Madison Feder...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Stanley Prideaux, worker at the Gisholt Machine Company, who is representing the CIO Dane County Industrial Union council on the 1949 Madison C...
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Ray-O-Vac Union Officers

Date: 02 09 1952
Description: Group portrait of the officers of the Ray-O-Vac Battery Workers union. Left to right seated are: Evelyn Gotzion, Marion Shaw, Marcia Stich, and Maxine Boyl...
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Local Union Officers

Date: 06 23 1952
Description: New AFSCME union officers of Local 720 of the Dane County Courthouse and Lake View Santorium employees. Left to right: Doris Williams, secretary; Rodney Sc...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
Poster

Our Friend

Date: 1944
Description: A poster featuring the face of President Franklin Roosevelt on the right, and several people on the left. A soldier is holding a child in his arms, and oth...
Poster

Support Hortonville Teachers

Date: 04 1974
Description: Poster advertising a picket and rally in support of striking Hortonville teachers to be held at the State Department of Public Instruction building at 126 ...
Poster

Join the Boycott! Don't Buy Gallo Wines.*

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Description: Poster features a photograph of people holding signs that read: "NFWA (National Farm Workers Association) Huelga" and include the eagle symbol. Text along ...
Poster

Boycott Non-UFWOC Lettuce

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Description: Poster with an illustration drawn in brown paint of a fist, with the text painted in red.
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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...
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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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