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Publication Information
| Creator | Orear, Les |
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| Language | English |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 25 x 16 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America records, 1903-1980 |
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| Call Number | M79-517 |
| Media Number | Box 17 |
| Catalog Record | https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911124690702121 |
| Finding Aid | https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-micr0935 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Butchering Beef
Using a power tool, a member of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America is cutting up a hanging beef carcass.
Fur Union Worker
The Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen International included individuals once represented by the Fur and Leather Workers Union. A union member is sewing a piece of fur.
Orear and Helstein
Leslie Orear, (left) labor historian and editor of the Packinghouse Worker magazine, with Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
Fur Industry Worker
1973
An unidentified employee of the Evans Fur Company, represented by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers Union.
Turkey Processing
1975
Women members of Local 231, of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers of North America preparing turkeys for the market.
Beef Dressing Floor
A Milwaukee member of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers of North America gutting a beef carcass on the dressing floor.
