2010.54.11349

Our Work Life
2004
17 in HIGH x 11 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11349

Verso bottom center has "Labor Archives and Research Center at / San Francisco State University" as well as a recycling symbol, an "Allied Printing" union label, and "147".

This is a two-sided poster with a yellow background bordered by purple and green sections on the front. Large, light blue and orange text at the top reads "Our Work Life" with the middle word in orange. Below is an orange illustration of two men standing at the top of a section of cable leading to one side of the Golden Gate bridge. Dark purple text reads "Three Generations of / Bay Area Work / and Workers" as well as "A mural / project filling / five SamTrans / commuter buses". There is a green line separating the top portion of the poster from the bottom with white text in it reading "A collaboration between artists Oscar Melara and Kate Connell and the Labor Archives and Research Center". The bottom portion of the page contains 3 rectangular illustrations titled "Transportation", "Building Trades", and "Canning / Printing". Large text to the right reads "On Selected / SamTrans Buses / from Labor Day, / September 6 to / November 7, 2004". Small text below lists funding sources. There are three color portraits of people at the bottom of the page.

Verso is divided in half horizontally as if to be folded in half and each half is divided into 3 columns. There is more information on the project, ways to give feedback and images of hands and workers.

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