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Photographs, documents and newspaper clippings of the activities of the Leather Goods Union and its predecessor, the Fur and Leather Workers' Union. Includes scrapbook on the successful 1941 strike against Gardner Pocket Book Company of St. Louis and photographs of the 1958 strike against Hartmann Luggage.
FOLDER LIST
1. Newspaper clippings, 1941
2. Gardner Pocket Book Manufacturing Company, Photographs, 240.1-240.55, September, 1941
3. Hartmann Luggage, Photographs, 240.56-240.73, September, 1958
4. Newspaper clippings, 1960-1970
5. Strike Scrapbook, 1941 against Gardner Pocket Book,
6. Newspaper clippings, 1951 (from Harry Von Romer)
INDEX
Fur and Leather Workers' Union
Gardner Pocket Book Manufacturing Company
Hartmann Luggage
Labor
Leather Goods, Plastics, and Novelty Workers' Union
Lockout
Strike
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
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