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Men Loading Bales of Hemp into Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of three men loading bales of hemp in a warehouse.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton. A man standing on the right is wearing a hat and suit.
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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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New York City CIO Council Unemployment Conference

Date: 03 06 1954
Description: Textile Workers Union (TWU) Director of Research Solomon Barkin stands at a microphone. Next to him, six men are seated at a table with a handmade banner t...
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Profits Outpaced Sales

Date: 01 06 1951
Description: A man stands in front of a poster on an easel and points to a line. The poster reads: TEXTILE SALES WENT UP IN '50 BUT PROFITS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. Poste...
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Community Services Session

Date: 06 1957
Description: Five men and two women are at a table in front of an audience. One man is standing and gesturing. Caption reads: "DAY LONG SESSION on community services in...
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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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Operation Dixie

Date: 1946
Description: 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 Constitutio...
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Local 326 Installation Ceremony

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Four men are behind a table, one of them standing. A banner in the background includes the logo for the Textile Workers Union of America, and the words "Lo...
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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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A Wife's Place

Date: 1942
Description: 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]...
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Textile Problems

Date: 1959
Description: Two men are seated at a small table facing each other with a microphone suspended between them. Caption reads: "TEXTILE PROBLEMS make the airwaves. Left, G...
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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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Light Moment

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: A man is standing at a podium and smiling. Two other men are seated near him and also smiling. Caption reads: "LIGHT MOMENT at testimonial dinner finds the...
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Dixie Story

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a man speaking at a podium and groups of people sitting at tables around the room. A banner suspended from a balcony reads: "Industrial Re...
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Textile Leaders

Date: 02 03 1951
Description: Two men are seated at a table. One is looking at the other. Caption reads: "TEXTILE LEADERS met at Western hemisphere conference of International Confedera...

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