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Union Label Department

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Includes: President Eisenhower with President George Meany and William Schnitzler tour exhibit; AFL-CIO union industries show dies and podium; model ILGWU shop makes aprons; Mrs. James Mitchell pours for participants; exhibit of a start-of-the-century sweatshop with boss; participants with VP Angela Bambace-5/1/60; VP Angela Bambace with Of Halm at the Ghana Embassy; ILGers march in parade; ILGWU union label tent at a fair in DuQuoin, IL- with Helen Robinett, Leon Williams, Mae Chambers, and Mildred Wade; John Gelo- assistant director of label department with Min Matheson- director; union label float in a parade- with ILGers on board; Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller takes needle from David Dubinsky and sews first label- 1/15/59; ILGWU participate in the Easter Parade; Governor David Lawrence and union label director Michael Johnson-7/1/60; union label director vice president Julius Hochman; President Meany wears ILGWU apron with Marta Acosta, Blanca Valdes, Oneida Rodriguez, Margarita Alamequer- Local 415-3/1/61; At local 105, Ben Lord- president of Lortogs Co, Abe Dolgin- manager of Cutter's Local 10, Joe Rubin- executive director of employers association, ILGWU David Dubinsky and Mrs. George Meany- 6/15/61; Local 400 members aboard a float through Roanoke, VA- 12/15/61; Cleveland Knitgoods Council and Cleveland Joint Board participate in parade as Easter bunnies- 5/1/62; Mamie Zxner demonstrates sewing technique to Dorothy Kaufman of Central States Union Label staff, US Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, VP Frederick Siems, President Meany- 6/15/63; union label woman wearing label dresses pose; ILGers Rose Weisberger and Stephen Lewin show LBJ monogram- 8/15/64; Shari Belafonte wearing union label apparel- 12/1/63; union label fashion show; Union Label Director Min Matheson 5/1/68; President Eisenhower and President Meany

Dates

  • 1900-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

12 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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