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Stephan Loewentheil Photograph Collection
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ILGWU Photographs, 1835-1992
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Louise Boyle Southern Tenant Farmers Union Photographs
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1.
She is a tree of life to them, Florida
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1950 (negative)
Format:
Image
Creator:
Kanaga, Consuelo
2.
A large group of African American children gather around a sign encouraging people to register to vote.
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
ca. 1960s
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
3.
William Wan, Mattie Jackson, and Sal Qune, members of ILGWU Local 101, record an interview.
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
late-1960s
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
4.
Edith Ransom and Charles Zimmerman (center) of ILGWU Local 22 march with others in the 1937 May Day parade.
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1937-05-01
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
5.
Uncle Billy Buck Porter, former slave
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
ca. 1915
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
6.
Aunt Caroline Blanton, former slave
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
ca. 1915
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
7.
Man standing outside car door
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
8.
Two women standing
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
9.
Woman wearing hat
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
10.
Two young girls
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
11.
Man in uniform
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
12.
Seated woman
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
13.
Two children
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
14.
Two men in suits
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
15.
Man
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
16.
Man in work uniform
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
17.
Child outdoors in a chair
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
18.
Man in suit and tie
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
19.
Two women
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
20.
Baby
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
21.
Woman
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
22.
Woman
Collection:
Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs
Date:
early 20th century
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unidentified
23.
An Asian American and an African American woman wear signs that indicate that they are on strike against Ottenheimer for poor treatment and unfair labor practices
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1966
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
24.
People picket against the Woolworth Company's practice of segregation
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1963-04-20
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
25.
A young African American woman watches at least seven sewing machines working simultaneously.
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
ca. 1950s
Format:
Image
Creator:
Unknown
26.
An early union meeting. Black and White STFU members including Myrtle Lawrence and Ben Lawrence, listen to Norman Thomas speak outside Parkin, Arkansas on September 12, 1937. One man carries an enamel pot and drinking glass.
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1937
Format:
Image
Creator:
Boyle, Louise
27.
A Black man and boy empty a cotton sack into a wagon while four people, possibly including Sylvia Lawrence, stand along side it
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1937
Format:
Image
Creator:
Boyle, Louise
28.
Midvale Company number 7 steam hammer and gang - (steam hammer circa 1870)
Collection:
Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
Set:
Labor and Work
Date:
1953-03-25
Format:
Image
Creator:
Mudd, John