ILGWU Memorabilia Banners
Collection Number: 5780/188 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
ILGWU Memorabilia Banners,
Collection Number:
5780/188 MB
Creator:
International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Quantity:
47 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Memorabilia.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor- Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The ILGWU Memorabilia Banners collection include banners
from several ILGWU Locals and range in dates from the late 1800's to around
1950.
Language:
Collection material in English
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States founded in 1900 by local union delegates representing
about 2,000 members in cities in the northeastern United States. It was one of the
first U.S. Unions to have a membership consisting of mostly females, and it played a
key role in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The union is generally
referred to as the "ILGWU" or the "ILG". The ILGWU grew in geographical scope,
membership size, and political influence to become one of the most powerful forces
in American organized labor by mid-century. Representing workers in the women's
garment industry, the ILGWU worked to improve working and living conditions of its
members through collective bargaining agreements, training programs, health care
facilities, cooperative housing, educational opportunities, and other efforts. The
ILGWU merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in 1995 to form
the Union of Needle trades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE merged
with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a
new union known as UNITE HERE. The two unions that formed UNITE in 1995 represented
only 250,000 workers between them, down from the ILGWU's peak membership of 450,000
in 1969.
Names:
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union--Collectibles
Subjects:
Women's clothing industry--Labor unions--New York
(State)
Clothing workers--Labor unions--New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Memorabilia.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
ILGWU Memorabilia Banners #5780/188 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1935 | |
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- maroon; metal fringe, gold
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1886 | |
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- red/maroon; gold, metal trim
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 | ||
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white (1 layer cotton/linen); blue letters; red, white and blue Union label;
top sleeve for pole
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1906 | |
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- red; yellow/gold text with black outline; white label with green eagle;
fringe on 3 edges, text on 2 sides; sleeve on one edge for pole?
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1940-1950 | |
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- red silk; fabric fringe; gold and black decoration, possibly hand stitched
text
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1937 | |
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- maroon with gold decoration; wool/felt; rayon acetate backing
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 | ||
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- red; fabric fringe
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1977 | |
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- red; yellow fabric fringe; large eagle, handshake
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 | ||
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- blue with yellow fabric fringe - double sided
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 | ||
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- red with fabric fringe
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| Box 11 | Folder 1 | ||
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- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood
dowel with caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood;
maker's label; (same as #25 and #26)
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| Box 12 | Folder 1 | 1933 | |
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- maroon; no lining
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 | 1900 | |
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- red; bright yellow edging, fringe and tassels; machine stitching, 2
cornucopias with torches
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 | 1901 | |
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- purple and gold; hand painted; silk?; metal fringe, gold and tassels; Union
Label - has union bug 510 hand drawn
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| Box 15 | Folder 1 | 1900 | |
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- very similar to #13, except no tassels; red, with gold, pink, green,
purple, red, and blue decoration; machine stitching, 2 cornucopias and 2
torches with grapes, leaves, fruit; ribbons, fringe, hanging loops
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 | 1909 | |
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- maroon; gold text; 2 hands holding torches tan, green, red, olive; stitched
down cord; fringe along top and bottom; loops for hanging -satin
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| Box 17 | Folder 1 | 1901 | |
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- red; silk; gold fringe on bottom; gold letters with silver or green
outline; stamped/hand painted; fringe on bottom; braided edges and top; 6
hanging loops
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| Box 19 | Folder 1 | ||
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- white; red, white and blue decoration
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| Box 20 | Folder 1 | 1941 | |
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- blue and gold; wool/felt
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| Box 22 | Folder 1 | 1900-1950 | |
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- pieced sections red, white and blue faded to purple/brown; Nylon
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| Box 23 | Folder 1 | ||
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- red stamped on white nylon; silk screened
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| Box 24 | Folder 1 | ||
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- white; red and blue label on bottom half "Made in the USA"
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| Box 25 | Folder 1 | 1930-1940 | |
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- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood
dowel with caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood;
maker's label; (same as #11 and #26)
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| Box 25.1 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 26 | Folder 1 | ||
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- gold; silver trim on bottom (added at a later date?), silk screen; wood
dowel with caps to thread through banner; synthetic; nylon over wood;
maker's label; (same as #11 and #25)
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| Box 29 | Folder 1 | ||
| Box 30 | |||