Local 105 [folder 1 of 7]
Scope and Contents
includes: Banquet photos, Louis Stulberg speaking, Antonini and Local 105 Manager Martin Cohen on dais; Manager Martin Cohen presenting a check for $1000 for New York Cardiac Home to Samuel Le Savoy, President of the NY Cardiac Home, and Harry Hershfield looking on; Local 105 and the Employer Association giving aid to Refugees: George Karp, Sidney Cohen and Martin Cohen welcoming refugees, June 30, 1951; Local 105 outing at Unity House, June, 1953; Local 105 New Years Party, Hotel New Yorker, Martin Cohen and wife, and members; Local 105 13th Anniversary Dance - Joseph Freno, Martin Cohen, and Phil Kramer, Boston, Mass.; Official opening of Local 105 new Headquarters - William Peer, Martin Cohen, Burton Turkus; Martin Cohen and Employer Samuel Zemensky of Brookshire Sportswear Inc. distribute vacation checks to members, June 8, 1954; Navy annual dance with Local 105 gals, February 19, 1955; Receiving docks for American Israeli Supply Mission - Martin Cohen and others standing in front of large boxes of Women's Khaki Shirts ready to be shipped; David Dubinsky Speech; Members asking Manager Martin Cohen and Bernie Leiderman after a membership meeting where Cohen described their new contract, April 3, 1956; Agreement signing; Local 105 Parade float; Convention scene; Local 105 marching toward Atlantic City convention; Audience shot; District Attorney Frank Hogan with twin girls of Veronica Burich, shop chairlady and sewing machine operator, member of Local 105; Rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC; young boy handing out shopping bags picketing Judy Blouses; women preparing to hand out anti - Judy Bond Blouses bags and leaflets; Demonstration with placards against Judy Bond Blouses; Group photo of George Meany with lots of children; Shop scene - women at sewing machines with observers; Picket with placards to "End Segregation in Southern Howard Johnsons"; Picket in front of Horn and Hardart before representation election; Local 105 marching in a parade; Member of Local 519, Brunswick, Georgia in Jacksonville, Florida combining a Union Label Campaign and an anti-Judy Bond campaign; Anzio Frocks striker - demonstration with place card; Local 105 marching for "Full Equality and Human Dignity for All Americans NOW", demonstration with placards; Picket against Woolworths and their discrimination practices in the South; Local 22 members on White House (Washington DC) Lawn; Individual Photo of Herbert Lehman; Photo of award received by Martin Cohen from The Continental Society for Children of the Virgin Islands, Inc. - 1950 Award for his contribution to the Welfare of Underprivileged Children of the Virgin Islands and of New York City; Political press conferences; Martin Cohen with a child with Muscular Dystrophy; David Dubinsky signing an agreement; Robert F. Kennedy at Convention; Picket in front of Bloomingdale's
Dates
- 1835-1992
Creator
- From the Collection: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
73.14 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository