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| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | TWUA officials are shown seated at a table during a strike meeting with picket signs in front of the table. From left to right are business manager Charles... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 06 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 06 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of George Baldanzi, founding executive vice president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). He was deputy director for Operation Dixie, ... |
| Date: | 11 03 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a podium and gestures. Caption reads: "LEADER of anti-administration forces in all debates, of course, was George Baldanzi." |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | 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. Th... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 03 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Several men are seated at a table, some of them filling out forms. Others people are in the background. Caption reads: "U.S. delegates registering at ICFTU... |
| Date: | 01 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman are posing while standing behind a table. One of the men has his arm around the other. A set of luggage is on the table in front of the... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| 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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