UNITE Local 23-25 Memorabilia, 1977-2004
Collection Number: 6000/024 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
UNITE Local 23-25 Memorabilia, 1977-2004
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6000/024 MB
Creator:
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE)
UNITE Local 23-25
Quanitities:
14.97 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanish, and Chinese
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UNITE Local 23-25 Memorabilia #6000/024 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6000/024: UNITE Local 23-25 Records 6000/024 P: UNITE Local 23-25 Photographs 6000/024 PUBS: UNITE Local 23-25 Publications 6000/024 AV: UNITE Local 23-25 Audio-Visual Materials 6000/050: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Files 6000/050 AV: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Audio-Visual Materials 6000/050 MB: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Memorabilia 6000/050 P: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Photographs 6000/050 PUBS: UNITE Local 10 and Local 23-25 Publications 6000 AV: UNITE Audio-Visual Collection 6000 G: UNITE Posters 6000 MB: UNITE Memorabilia 6000 P: UNITE Photographs
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees. Local 23-25 (New York, N.Y.)
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Subjects:
Textile industry--New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Banner 3'11" x 5'8" White background with red lettering "Local 23-25, ILGWU" and also
a large ILGWU Union Label emblem.
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Banner 2'6" x 3'11" Navy blue background with white lettering "Blouse Skirt and Sportswear
Workers' Union" ; yellow lettering "Local 23-25 ILGWU" ; white letter "International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, AFL-CIO", with gold fringe along the bot
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Banner 3'3" x 8'1" Red background with white lettering "ILGWU First Aid Team" and
a large Union label emblem at one end of banner.
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Banner 3'1" x 8'10" Red background with white lettering "UNITE! First Aid Team" ;
at one end it has a large "First Union Health Center-ILGWU" emblem.
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Banner 3'4" x 14'9" Navy blue background with white lettering "International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union" ; with a large Union label emblem at one end of banner.
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Key chains 3 round gold pendants with the ILGWU emblem on the front, and "Local 23-25"
; 2 plastic rectangular pendants "New York City Youthline, [phone no.]" white background
with yellow and blue print
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| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Assorted buttons and pins push pins for "CLUW", "Hispanic Labor", AFL-CIO, and miscellaneous
union buttons.
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Buttons "International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local 91" ; "NO NAFTA" ; "We
are ONE in '91" ; "Labor Supports CUNY, Don't Cut Our Class" ; "ILGWU, UIOVD" ; "United
We Stand"
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Misc. buttons, mostly UNITE! "UNITE! For a fair contract (Chinese and Engl.) ; "Sweeney,
Trumka, Chavez-Thompson, A New Voice For American Workers" ; "Remember Tienanmen"
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Misc. buttons, and one badge all from UNITE!. "Doris Ling-Cohan for Civil Court" ;
"Int. Ladies Garment Workers Union, Union Made 23-25, AFL-CIO" ; badge is "UNITE!,
Delegate"
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Misc. button and push-pin from "Women's Suffrage Whakatu Wahine" attached to a small
folder with information. Two "Official Volunteer Organizer" cards one in English,
one in Spanish. One plastic ruler from the ILGWU.
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Glass plate White with gold trim and red lettering. "Chung Pak Community Center, Opening
Ceremony, June 29, 1993, Sponsored by Citibank"
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1993 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Screen prints for flags in box 7
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Two paper hats White with "ILGWU" in red and a Union Label emblem
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Included in the box is a wooden block that has been hand carved. On one side is a
ILGWU Union Label Emblem, on the other is written "To Vice President Jay Mazur, Good
Luck, Ben Laboda, Local 99, June 3, 1977"
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1977 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Also included is a roll of 'Union Labels" used in clothing.
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Oversize box with a sign, posters, award, original artwork, and plaque.
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Sign 34 cm. x 46 cm. Gray with black lettering in Chinese and English. "Local 23-25
ILGWU, Political Department, Research/Education Department"
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Original artwork 31 cm. x 41 cm. By Jolanta Pienczykowski, and includes a note about
the Artist's background (copy in accession file). "The Faces Behind The Union Label"
is the title of the piece, it's a picture of a clothes hanger with a coat hangin
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Poster Chinese and English 28 cm. x 43 cm. "Mass Rally, Defend the Garment Industry."
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
"Three Founders Award" 33 cm. x 39 cm. Certificate awarded to Shelley Appleton, Vice
President of ILGWU, April 5, 1975, from Manhattan 28, American Veterans Committee.
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| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Plaque 36 cm. x 50 cm. "Local 23-25 NEWS" issue displayed on a plaque. Headlines for
this issue are "Local Shows Strength in Labor Parade", Oct. 1981 issue.
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| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Poster 46 cm. x 58 cm. "Freedom House" ; this is a poster with a picture from Tienanmen
Square, Beijing and a letter from max M. Kampelman (Chairman, Freedom House) to President
George Bush about Human Rights violations.
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| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Poster 44 cm. x 56 cm. "The CALL" Headlines read "Shirtwaist Strikers Present Facts
of Great Struggle to the Public of New York City", in bottom left corner "Extra! Reissued
by ILR Press" ; "Literature of American Labor Series, Diary of a Shirtwai
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| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Poster 44 cm. x 56 cm. "Local 23-25 ILGWU" Christmas New Years Celebration (1990)
on orange paper and signed by members at the gathering. 4 copies
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 |
Poster 48 cm. x 60 cm. Hand made "Garment Industry Day Car Center of C.P.C." letters
are silver and green, and it has little animals on it for decoration.
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Poster 46 cm. x 60 cm. Black lettering in Chinese. Red and white "UNITE" emblem on
the bottom.
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| Box 7 | Folder 12 |
Poster 56 cm. x 71 cm. Hand made by children. Colored and written with crayons, "The
Wizard of OZ On Ice" a thank you note to Mrs. May Ying Chen from "you friends at GIDCC"
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| Box 7 | Folder 13 |
Calendar 46 cm. x 60 cm. 1993 "There was an old woman who lived in a shoeshe was a
member of the ILGWU". The picture on the front is of children popping out of a shoe.
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1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 |
Scarf Made out of ILGWU Union Label material.
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| Box 7 | Folder 15 |
Flag triangle in shape Yellow "CLUW, Chinese Committee"
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| Box 7 | Folder 16 |
Flag triangle in shape Orange (two sided) "Enforce Labor Laws UNITE!" on one side,
the other side is in Chinese
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Name plate for May Chen (gold with black lettering) 3"x10"
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Hang tags, letter -- Letter about the hang tags, and 9 hang tags -- red with blue
lettering, blue with white stripes on one end -- "UNITE! Proudly made in New York"
-- [10 tags] 2001
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2001 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
UNITE!, bumper sticker ; SOLIDARITY, Local 23-25 UNITE! (convention fans) [4]
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| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Award/Plaque -- NYC Apala Chapter honors May Yin Chin (sp) on your election as 1st
Woman Bus. Manager to N.Y. Metropolitan Area Joint Board 9"x12" 2004
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2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Poem -- "The Union Representative" (May the good Lord grant him strength)
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Award/Plaque -- Community Appreciation Award presented to UNITE!, 1996, Chinese-American
Planning Council, Inc.. 9"x12" 1996
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1996 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Award/Plaque -- 1999 Community Appreciation Award presented to UNITE! In recognition
of your outstanding contribution -- 8"x10" -- 1999
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1999 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Award/Plaque -- Community Partnership Award, 2004, presented to Local 23-25 Unite
-- 8"x10" -- 2004
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2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Award/Plaque -- Community Appreciation Award presented to UNITE! In recognition of
your outstanding contribution -- 8"x10" -- 1997
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1997 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Award/Plaque -- In recognition of International Women's Day and Women's History Month,
the Chinese Chapter of CLUW. 9"x12" -- 2004
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2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Award/Plaque -- The Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. presents the 2002 Community
Appreciation Award to UNITE! 6"x8" Marble and wood -- 2002
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2002 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Award -- 7th Fannie Lou Hamer Award is conferred upon May Ying Chen -- 8.5"x11" 1991
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1991 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Push pin/buttons -- One Hundred Years Local 10, 2002 [4] -- 2002
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2002 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 |
book/Autograph(?) -- Red book with Chinese figures in gold on the cover, the inside
has signatures written on the pages
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| Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Award -- Our salute to United Local 23-25 for the partnership in service and ministry
to the Chinatown Community -- 8.5"x11"
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Award/Plaque -- Shaped like New York State -- Presented to May Ying Chen, May 21,
1997, In recognition of her outstanding contributions on behalf of the Ethnic Labor
1997
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1997 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Award/Plaque -- Hispanic Labor Committee, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO,
Presented to May Ying Chen -- 11.5"x14.5"
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| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Award/Plaque -- Metro New York, Labor Communications Council, First Award, Presented
to UNITE 23-25 News -- 11.5"x14.5"
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| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Award/Plaque -- Metro New York, Labor Communications Council, First Award, Presented
to UNITE VOICE -- 11.5" x14"
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| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Award/Plaque -- Gouverneur Healthcare Services Special Recognition Award Presented
to Local 23-25 -- 10.5"x13"
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
"NOT 1(cent) For Sweatshops Keep Postal Uniforms Sweat-Free" ---- Stamps
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| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Award -- (Plastic 'shooting star' award)- CLUW - May Chen Executive Director, Local
23-25 UNITE-Formally ILGWU, November 11, 1995
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| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Award -- Every Kid Deserves a Y -- In appreciation to Unite Local 23-25 Bronze Sponsor,
Chinatown YMCA, 25th Anniversary Dinner, 1999
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1999 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Paper weight -- Friend of Felix W. Ortiz Award to May Chen, 6/18/98
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1998 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Rubber stamps -- Some stamps have wooden handles with organizations names and others
are date stamps [22]
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| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Rubber stamps (list) Do Not Bend ; Nebraska Service Center ; U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration and Naturalization Service ; Copy ; Draft
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| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Rubber stamps (list) US Immig. & Natz. Service ; Immigration and Naturalization Service
; National Visa Center ; Priority Mail ; Received ; date stamp
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| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Rubber stamps (list) Yat Ding Ho Restaurant ; Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Texas Service Center ; UNITE Immigration Project ; US Department of Justice, Immigration
and Naturalization Service ; Personal
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| Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Rubber stamps (list) US Immig. & Natz. Service ; Original Please Return ; Train 7
to Shea Stadium
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| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Banner Nylon 33"x90" -- "Local 62-32 UNITE!" [Red and White letters on Blue nylon,
scalloped bottom with fringe]
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| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Banner burlap 3'x113" -- "Don't Buy GUESS! GUESS USES SWEATSHOPS" [burlap with Black,
Blue, Red painted lettering]
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| Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Banner cotton sheet 3'6"x12'4" -- "ASIAN LABOR COMMITTEE ; NYC Central Labor Council
AFL-CIO" [White cotton sheet, Red, Blue painted letters, Chinese characters]
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Banner vinyl 3'6"x12'4" -- "UNITE! SPRING HEALTH CONFERENCE" [Red vinyl with White
vinyl/adhesive lettering, also Chinese characters]
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| Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Banner cotton 5'6"x12' -- "Textbook Scholarship Awards Ceremony ; UNITE HERE! ; NY
METRO AREA JT. BD., Textbook Scholarship Program" [some Chinese characters and Spanish
on bottom of banner ; White cotton with Blue nylon around the outside, stenciled
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| Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Banner vinyl 2'8"x18'7" -- "Protect Garment Workers Rights" [Chinese characters and
Spanish ; Red vinyl with White vinyl/adhesive lettering]
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Banner cotton sheet 4'x20' -- ASIA LABOR FESTIVAL" [White cotton sheet with Red and
Blue tape for lettering, Chinese characters along bottom ; lettering stapled to material,
most lettering falling off banner]
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| Box 14 | Folder 2 |
Banner vinyl 2'8"x18'7" -- "STOP SWEATSHOPS" [Red vinyl with White vinyl/adhesive
lettering, also Chinese characters and Spanish]
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| Box 14 | Folder 3 |
Banner vinyl 2'9"x11'8" -- "Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown ; Annual
Fund Raising Dinner" [White vinyl with Red vinyl/adhesive lettering]
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| Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Broadside 18" dia. -- Round, "UNITE HERE!" [White with Black and Red letters] ; Broadside
18"x24" -- "Not 1{cent} for SWEATSHOPS, KEEP POSTAL UNIFORMS SWEAT-FREE ; UNITE!"
[White with Red lettering] ; Broadside 17"x24" -- "Who made your shoes?" [Pi
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Award 12"x16" -- 1999 Distinguished Services Award to May Ying Chen ; Broadside 16"x20"
-- Picture with wording "Bridge Builder" and below it has "The New York Civic Participation
Project ; 2005 Bridge Builder Award ; Presented to: May Y. Chen" ;
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2004 |
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Scope and Contents
Broadside 13"x17" -- Thank You, City of Hope [article on Edgar O. Romney]
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| Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Proclamation 14x24 -- "The Council, City of New York ProclamationLocal 23-25 UNITE"
2004
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2004 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Assorted banners and flags
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Scope and Contents
2 red vinyl flags - [UNITE! And ENFORCE LABOR LAWS] -Chinese on one side and English
on one side ; Banner - White cotton, Letters stenciled w/black and blue paint - [WIPEOUT
SWEATSHOPS ; UNITE! AFL-CIO] - 96x134 ; White cotton, Letters stenciled w/black and
blue paint - [WIPEOUT SWEATSHOPS ; UNITE! AFL-CIO] - 42x96 ; Banner - light blue cloth
- [UNITE! GARMENT WORKERS'] - Chinese characters, Letters stenciled with paint (very
dirty) - 28x100
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| Box 17 | Folder 2 |
Banners - see list below
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Scope and Contents
Light blue cotton "UNITE! GARMENT WORKERS' CENTER" Chinese characters, letters are
stenciled with paint 28"x100" (very dirty) ; White cotton "WIPE OUT SWEATSHOPS UNITE!
AFL-CIO" letters stenciled with black paint 42"x96" ; White cotton "WIPE OUT SWEATSHOPS
UNITE! AFL-CIO" letters stenciled with black paint 42"x134" ; red vinyl Triangle shaped
white lettering [2] one flag "Enforce Labor Laws" ; one flag "UNITE" both flags have
Chinese characters on flip side
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| Box 18 | Folder 1 |
Mapfolder with oversize items
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