STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST. LOUIS
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sl 572 INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION (1900- )
PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1930-1977
The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union was formed in New York City in
1900 in response to sweatshop conditions in the manufacture of ladies and children's
clothing. By 1920 membership had reached 100, 000 members. The unemployment of
the depression era cut back membership to 23, 000, but during the New Deal period
of 1932-1934 it rose to 217, 000. In 1938 the ILGWU produced a musical on Broadway
entitled Pins and Needles with a cast made entirely mad up of union members. It
ran longer than any other show had previously. In 1995 the 150, 000 members ILGWU
merged with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) to Form
the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Workers (UNITE).
The collection contains photographs of organizing meetings, members from the St.
Louis area, work places, strikes and union meetings. The photographs are entered
into the Western Historical Manuscript Collection Photograph Database.
FOLDER LIST
1. Photographs 779.1-779.565. 35mm negatives, 1968-1977
2. Photographs 779.566-779.752. 120 negatives, 1963-1973
3. Photographs 779.753-779.866. 4x5 negatives, 1958-1966
INDEX
ILGWU
Labor
Protest
Strike
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