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Object Details

referenced

Reuther, Walter

Meany, George

AFL-CIO

affiliated union

United Auto Workers

maker

United Auto Workers

Description

The Congress of Industrial Organizations originally separated from the American Federation of Labor in 1938 over a difference in how to organize industrial unions and craft unions. The two labor organizations merged in 1955 and brought togther 10 million members from the AFL and 4.5 million members from the CIO.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Smithsonian

date made

1962

associated date

1955

ID Number

1988.0701.22

catalog number

1988.0701.22

accession number

1988.0701

Object Name

Poster

Measurements

overall: 22 in x 19 in; 55.88 cm x 48.26 cm

place made

United States: Michigan, Detroit

Associated Place

United States: Michigan, Detroit

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Political History: Political History, General History Collection

Princeton Posters

Data Source

National Museum of American History

general subject association

labor issues

Labor Unions

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-aedb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1050834