2010.54.11598

The Pullman Strike
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.
2010.54.11598

Bottom left: UAW" logo". | Bottom right: Allied Printing Union Label" logo 99". | Bottom right of image: "John Z. Gelsavage". 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 the Pullman Strike of 1894. Poster depicts a court hearing, a group of men on horseback, a group of people fighting with guns and portraits to two men. At the bottom right of the poster is text that reads "The Pullman Strike". Below this title there are two columns of text that reads: "Eugene V. Debs organized the American Railway Union / which was smashed during the Pullman Strike in 1894. The / company refused to negotiate, and troops were brought in / because the strikers were "interfering with the mails." Debs / was found guilty of violating an injunction and sent to jail / despite the eloquent plea of Clarence Darrow, shown in the / lower left-hand corner.".
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