2010.54.11606

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Workers Enter Politics
Workers Enter Politics
1962
18.75 in HIGH x 22 in WIDE
(47.62 cm HIGH x 55.88 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11606

Bottom left: UAW" logo". | Bottom right: Allied Printing Union Label" logo 32". | Bottom left 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 48214 / Price, 3 copies for $1.00 / "Allied Printing Union Label" logo 32 / (c) 1962 International Union - UAW".





Poster is printed on white paper. Poster depicts a scene in a town square. In the center there are people gathered around a man on a wagon speaking to the crowd. In the background are trees and buildings. At the left there is a band and people in the square are holding picket signs. At the bottom right of the poster is text that reads: "Workers Enter Politics". Below this title are two columns of text that reads: "Workers'' political action supported social legislation as / early as the 1820''s. Shown here is the Workingmen''s Party / holding a rally to win support for their platform which / called for child labor laws, free public educatioon, abolition / of imprisonment for debt and similare social legislation.".
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