2010.54.11583

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Birth of the AFL
Birth of the AFL
1962
18.75 in HIGH x 22.125 in WIDE
(47.62 cm HIGH x 56.2 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11583

Bottom left: UAW" logo". | Bottom right: Allied Printing Union Label" logo 99". | Bottom right of image: "John Z. / Gelsavage / 1957". | On back: "Additional copies of / UAW "This Union Cause" Posters / may be obtained from / UAW Education Department / 8000 East jefferson Avenue / Detroit 14, Michigan / Price, $3.25 per set / "Allied Printing Union Label" logo 99 / (c) 1962 International Union - UAW".





Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images related to teh formation of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). There are images of people protesting anf men wroking in a factory. At the left is a portrait of Samuel Gompers, the first president oif the AFL. At the bottom right is text that reads: "Birth Of The AFL". below the title are two columns of text that reads: "The American Federation of Labor, organized by the leaders / of the craft unions, had its origin in 1881. Samuel Gompers, / shown here when he was a "reader" for the cigar makers, / became its first president and served until his death in 1923. / P.J. McGuire of the Carpenters, one of the early AFL / leaders, organzied the first Labor Day celebration in New / York City in 1882.".
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