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Publication Information
| Creator | Banks, Jo (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Date Created | 1945 |
| Language | English |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 26 x 21 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 Box 15 Folder 14 |
| 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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Meat Cutters
1945
Unionized slaughterhouse workers of the P. Brennan Company of Chicago.
Hot Dog Quality Control Inspection
Quality control expert William E. Zimmanck, who began working for Oscar Mayer at age thirteen, inspecting a string of hot dogs.
Women Workers and Sausage Links
1949
Four women butcher workers in white lab coats hand tie sausage links at the Oscar Mayer plant.
Packinghouse Worker
1942
Portrait of a meat packinghouse worker wearing a striped hat. He has an unlit cigarette in his mouth. The button on his hat reads: "Vote UPWA CIO."
