![Why central labor unions should be a part of the American federation of labor ... How to form a central labor union .... American federation of labor. Headquarters 423-5 G. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. [n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvd2h5LWNlbnRyYWwtbGFib3ItdW5pb25zLXNob3VsZC1iZS1hLXBhcnQtb2YtdGhlLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZlZGVyYXRpb24tb2YtbGFib3ItOGRhM2QwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Why central labor unions should be a part of the American federation of labor ... How to form a central labor union .... American federation of labor. Headquarters 423-5 G. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. [n. d.].")
Why central labor unions should be a part of the American federation o...
On verso: [Stamp] P. Amer. Fed of Labor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 7a.
The American federation of labor does what all federations of labor un...
On verso: [Stamp] P. Amer. Fed. Of Labor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 7c.
Union Building, Quincy Massachusetts
School St. Courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library
Order of United American Mechanics, honesty, industry & sobriety
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on... More
Ancient order of United Workmen, purity, education, elevation of manki...
8148 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2... More
The tournament of today - a set-to between labor and monopoly / F. Gra...
Print shows a jousting tournament between an oversized knight riding horse-shaped armor labeled "Monopoly" over a locomotive, with a long plume labeled "Arrogance", and carrying a shield labeled "Corruption of ... More
The cave of despair / F. Opper.
Print shows Jay Gould as a giant holding a large club labeled "Monopoly", sitting on rocks, gleefully watching a line of downtrodden people entering a cave labeled "Western Union Telegraph Company - All Hope Ab... More
The slave-market of to-day / Gillam.
Illustration shows trade union laborers, some in chains labeled "High Tariff" and "Tariff", and one standing on a block labeled "Trade Unions", being auctioned by a man labeled "Protectionist Statesman" to capi... More
It works both ways / Zimmerman.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Labor Union" raising a large club labeled "Boycotting" over his head, about to strike a man labeled "Manufacturer" sitting behind a desk, in the process, he strikes a man label... More
The absurdities of the boycott / F. Opper.
Illustration shows a stupefied laborer reading a notice that states "You are hereby ordered to Boycott as follows. Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York Tribune, Straiton & Storms' Cigars, Thalia Theatre, All Fashionabl... More
Women delegates to the 1886 convention of the Knights of Labor
Photograph shows group portrait of eight women and a baby; Miss Mary Anderson, seated, hand on baby's head, and Miss Laura Graddick, standing, second from right. Title from item.
Arbitration is the true balance of power. Puck: "Don't meddle with the...
Two men setting hands "labor" of clock "business," as Puck, standing on book "Common sense," holds up pendulum "arbitration." Illus. in: Puck, v. 19, 1886 March 17, pp. 40-41.
Virginia - tenth annual convention of the Knights of Labor, at Richmon...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 Oct. 16, p. 129.
Saved! The Republican Party throws its protecting shield over American...
19254 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More
King Debs / W.A. Rogers.
Caricature of Eugene Debs, wearing crown labelled "Deb's American railway union", seated on section of bridge "highway of trade", in body of water. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1894 July 14, p. 649.
Supreme assembly, Knight Artisans of the World
37560 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More
Triumph for the walking-delegate / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows a well-dressed union representative labeled "Walking Delegate" standing outside a prisoner's prison cell, holding a paper that states "Law to Prohibit Convict Labor in State Prisons"; a dejected pri... More
The two trusts / Keppler.
Print shows two large male figures, one, wearing business attire, is labeled "Commercial Trust", he is holding paper labeled "Order to Raise Wages" and the other labeled "Labor Trust" is armed with a bomb, a ha... More
A lesson of the last strikes / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows a man labeled "Organized Labor" climbing the steps to a building labeled "Law, Prosperity, [and] Order", when a bomb labeled "Dynamite Argument" that explodes in his face. Title from item. Illus. fr... More
Junior order of United American Mechanics, virtue, liberty & patriotis...
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on... More
The foolish calf, a lesson to labor
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Edwards, Deutsch & Heit... More
Woman suffrage has champions, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks
Senator William Armstrong and Susan B Anthony suggest strategies for woman suffrage campaign: letters, petitions, delegations, municipal suffrage for tax-paying women; constitutional amendment requirements
A strike preventive Keppler
Illustration shows Puck talking to a laborer who is sitting at home, on strike; Puck shows him a paper that states: "Cost of the steel strike to the workingman $10,000,000", standing behind the man is a woman h... More
The difficulty / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows two Irish women talking in a kitchen over a cup of tea; in the background, an old man is sitting in a rocking chair, reading the newspaper. Title from item. Caption: Mrs. Kelly Does your hus... More
The joys of attempting the impossible / Keppler.
Illustration shows Senator Mark Hanna drawing a life-sized portrait of himself as a Greek or Roman statesman; two men labeled "Capital" and "Labor" stand nearby, in the backgroud is a large monument stating "In... More
An effective battering ram in the hands of the right men / Kep.
Illustration shows two strong men labeled "Labor" and "Commerce" using a battering ram labeled "Tariff Reform" to knock down a door in a building flying a banner that states "High Protection"; a fightened man l... More
Labor's idea of elevating itself / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Labor" sitting on a huge firecracker labeled "Capital" which he is igniting with a torch labeled "Strikes" giving off fumes labeled "Discontent" as he puts the flame to a fuse ... More
Only one standard / Keppler.
Illustration shows a mob of labor union laborers charging up the steps of the U.S. Capitol, one man carries a flag that states "The (Labor) Union forever! The man who works when we won't, is a traitor - Kill Hi... More
A hint to organized labor / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled "Walking Delegate" wearing sandwich boards that state "Notice to Businessmen - This is to certify that the Labor Trust, like all other Trusts, has been duly Incorpo... More
Between two of a kind / Keppler.
Illustration shows an angry capitalist labeled "Commercial Trust" confronting an angry laborer labeled "Labor Trust" holding a club labeled "Strike"; between them is a diminutive man labeled "Consumer", he is o... More
Suggestive
This illustration entitled, "Suggestive", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on March 13, 1902, depicts Labor Unions rubbing elbows with Senator Marcus Hanna, who had proven ... More
Liberty? / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a caricature of the Statue of Liberty where Liberty has been replaced by a labor union "Walking Delegate", his torch labeled "Lawlessness" and he holds a tablet labeled "Tyranny"; at the base... More
Concerning a growing menace / Keppler.
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing at a flag-draped podium on the right, pointing to two men on the left, each with a foot on a female figure labeled "Law" lying on the ground; one man has... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Illustration shows a clerk in an office telling his employer that he needs... More
Dumping their Jonah / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a ship labeled "Labor" sailing into dark clouds labeled "Employers' Disclosures" on a sea labeled "Oblivion"; laborers on board the ship are pushing over the side a man labeled "Walking Deleg... More
Justice aroused / Kep.
Illustration shows a large, angry female figure representing Justice, drawing a sword labeled "Law and Order" as she strides toward striking union laborers who, taking the law into their own hands, are beating ... More
Skilled labor / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a labor union "Walking Delegate" with one hand pulling money from the pocket of a diminutive figure labeled "Employer" and the other hand pulling money from the pocket of another diminutive f... More
The only way out - fighting them with their own weapons / Keppler.
Illustration shows a larger-than-life-size man, the representative for the "Employers Union", who gestures toward a sign on a wall around a construction site, the sign states "Notice - The right to lock out is ... More
In unions there is strength! / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Employer's Union" and a man labeled "Workingman's Union" drinking a toast while sitting on the back of a man sprawled on the ground, clutching papers labeled "Bribes" and "Brok... More
By the grace of "Justice" / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows Samuel Parks, recently released from prison on extortion charges, still wearing his prison stripes, cracking a whip over the heads of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Capital" and the oth... More
The microbe of unionism / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a "Labor Agitator" sitting in the center with strings attached to marionettes or puppets from all walks of life and social classes; the vignettes around the central fi... More
Next, the tramps / Gallaway.
Illustration shows two tramps sitting on railroad ties, one is reading the newspaper, and there is a pot of water(?) on a campfire; there are two railroad cars, a coal car and a box car, in the background. Titl... More
In the court of public opinion / P.
Illustration shows a police officer holding a hat labeled "Law and Order" standing in a courtroom with a labor union "Walking Delegate" who has papers showing in his pocket labeled "Bribes" and "Broken Contract... More
At the stake / Keppler.
Illustration shows three men labeled "Riot, Lynching, [and] Violence" burning a female figure labeled "Law and Order" at the stake; she is bound to the stake with ribbons labeled "Prejudice" and "Defiance". Tit... More
Unionism or the National Guard? / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a laborer standing at center holding a rifle labeled "Law and Order" and a National Guard uniform labeled "Patriotism" which he is offering to Uncle Sam who is standing on the left with his h... More
A dangerous brew / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers, representing the United Mine Workers and the American Federation of Labor, as witches stirring a "dangerous brew" of labor violence in a cauldron labeled "Un... More
Our uncrowned kings / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows three statues labeled "Cook, Walking Delegate, [and] Head Waiter" on the left and three statues labeled "Coachman, Car Porter, [and] Janitor" on the right; people are bowing down, kneeling, a... More
Will the white slave have a Lincoln? / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a man labeled "'Independent' Labor" tied to a post labeled "Organized Tyranny" and being whipped by a man labeled "Professional Entertainer"; in the background, a factory is burning. Title fr... More
The Hoosier Don Quixote / J.K. after Doré.
Illustration shows Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as Don Quixote sitting in a chair, reading, with a sword in raised right hand, with visions of former (and current) presidents, as well as some of the soci... More
Miss Rose Schneiderman, New York, Vice-President of the Women's Trade ...
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Rose Schneiderman, facing forward, wearing high-collared dress or blouse with large bow at neck. Verso: "Please return to E... More
The annual pleasantry / Keppler.
Illustration shows a fourth of July celebration with a man standing on a large podium reading the "Declaration of Independence" while sandwiched between two large figures wearing robes and crowns labeled "Preda... More
Presentation of U.S. flag to Labor Unions by I.O.O.F Lodge. Labor Day....
Photograph shows crowds of townspeople gathered along sidewalks; a large group of men from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows stand in the road as teams of decorated horse and buggies approach them; one man h... More
Did they think it was a dirigible? / Keppler.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and Samuel Gompers, looking worried, in a hot air balloon labeled "Labor Vote" caught in an electrical storm with lightning labeled "Revolt" and driven by winds to an u... More
"Here, Puss, Puss!" / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering a bowl of "Anti-Injunction Cream" and William H. Taft offering a sprig of "Anti-Injunction Catnip" to a cat labeled "Labor Vote" that has the face of Samuel Go... More
Putting it up to him / K.
Illustration shows a oversized man labeled "Capitol", possibly Sereno E. Payne, sitting on a throne, holding a large cake labeled "Tariff Graft"; a smaller man labeled "Labor" is standing next to him, holding a... More
![7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Stablemen & Helpers, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 5, '10](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvN3RoLWFubnVhbC1jb252LWludC1icm90aGVyaG9vZC1vZi10ZWFtc3RlcnMtY2hhZmZldXJzLXNpYy1zdGFibGVtZW4tYW5kLWhlbHBlcnMtOGU3ZmE4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/8/webp "7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Stablemen & Helpers, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 5, '10")
7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Sta...
J144935 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; International Stereograph Co.; September 3, 1910. On front: "Copyright 1910 by International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill.".
Trade Union procession for Triangle Waist Co. fire victims
Photo shows a procession of men on horseback in foreground, with others walking in the rain behind, and the arch at Washington Square in the background. Title and other information transcribed from caption card... More
The magic hat / Kep.
Illustration shows, at center, Samuel Gompers standing on a platform, pointing to a sign with a whip labeled "Expulsion", the sign states "To Organized Labor defend you persecuted brethren. Put up, or lose you ... More
Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Illustration shows a large ape with human face wearing a sheep skin as a d... More
Some stunt for Samuel / Kep.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a tightrope walker, with Seth Low hanging onto his coattails, pushing a wheelbarrow labeled "Arbitration" on which two men are tied, one labeled "Railroads" and the other labeled... More
NWTUL Convention, St. Louis, 1913
Photographer's address: Temple Bldg., St. Louis. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952.
LABOR UNIONS. CORSET BUYERS ASSN. DELEGATION AT WHITE HOUSE
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
The unemployed
A group of idle men, identified by a banner as the "I Won't Workers," stand up to their knees in snow in front of a large snow bank in which several shovels are stuck. A sign stuck into the snow bank reveals t... More
![[Samuel Gompers - Federal Commission on industrial relations, New York, New York]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDMvc2FtdWVsLWdvbXBlcnMtZmVkZXJhbC1jb21taXNzaW9uLW9uLWluZHVzdHJpYWwtcmVsYXRpb25zLW5ldy15b3JrLW5ldy15b3JrLTBiZGM0ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Samuel Gompers - Federal Commission on industrial relations, New York, New York]")
[Samuel Gompers - Federal Commission on industrial relations, New York...
Samuel Gompers, seated on platform, facing left. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Anti-strike auto, George Grantham Bain Collection
Musicians' union van used to boycott N.Y. street cars. George Grantham Bain Collection.
6th Biennial Convention, Nat'l Women's Trade League, 6/4 to 9, 1917
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection.
American Federation of Labor. Exterior of American Federation of Labor
Item title devised.
Congress of Industrial Organizations Building. Exterior of C.I.O. Buil...
Item title devised.
Congress of Industrial Organizations Building. Exterior of C.I.O. Buil...
Item title devised.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building. Exterior view of Brother...
Item title devised.
A.R. Clas buildings. Electric Union Building drawing
Subject card annotation: A.R. Clas, Room 235, Shoreham Building.
Electrical Workers Benefit Association. Exterior of Electrical Workers...
Item title devised.
Forty Acres, 30168 Garces Highway (Northwest Corner of Garces Highway ...
Significance: Forty Acres is closely associated with the life of Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm worker movement he led from 1962 until his death in 1993. Located on the outskirts of Delano, California... More
Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreation...
Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: KX 316. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Drug Store-Uni...
Survey number: HABS NV-23-E Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction
C.I.O. organizers take to the water
Organizers for the National Maritime Union using launches to campaign among harbor boatmen during a union election. NYWTS staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograp... More
A.F. of L. President protests to Roosevelt about P.W.A. labor. Washing...
Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available a... More
Senate committee told labor unions must accept responsibility in const...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
R.R. labor unions
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Colle... More
Chairman of R.R. Labor Unions
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Colle... More
United action means victory, story of the General Motors tool & die st...
Sponsored film about the 1939 Tool and Die Makers Union strike against General Motors in Detroit, Saginaw, and Cleveland. Voices: Virginia Stevens, Earl Robinson ; commentary: Charles Gordon. Edited by UAW-CIO ... More
Brooms lashed together over roof of Maritime Union Building on W 17 St...
Two brooms lashed together on a flagpole over union headquarters indicating a clean sweep victory of union president Joseph Curran over the communists in union elections. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of:... More
With these hands
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and President David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union introduce the film. The main feature is a dramatization of a union wo... More
City employees picket City Hall / World Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsi...
Teamster Union members holding picket signs supporting higher raises and pensions. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Harry S. Truman at Groundbreaking for Truman Library
Caption: The Independence Lions Club donated a gold-plated shovel for former President Harry S. Truman (center, foreground) to use at the Harry S. Truman Library groundbreaking at Slover Park in Independence, M... More
Bullet Damage
The farmworker union and the farmworkers themselves were frequently subjected to violence from growers and even other labor unions. Bullets were fired from a passing vehicles in the late 1960s, leaving holes in... More