Union-Made: Fashioning America in the Twentieth Century

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2. Wage & Hour Record Book, in Spanish

Description:
Wage and hour record book, local 23-25, ILGWU, "Libro de Record De Horas & Salarios"
Attribution:
Unknown
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-072b01f17_01
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3. Union Membership Card

Description:
Member's card, Silk Waist Makers' Union, organized in 1900
Attribution:
Unknown
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-072b1f13_01
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5. Union Membership Card in Yiddish

Description:
Membership Card, Cloak Operators' Union, Local 1 of the ILGWU.
Attribution:
Unknown
Date:
March 21, 1905
Collection ID:
780-072b01f13_02
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6. ILGWU Constitution and Dues Book, in Italian

Description:
Constitution, Local 3 of the ILGWU, "Constituzione della Unione Internazionale dei Lavoranti di Vestiari da Signora"
Attribution:
Unknown
Date:
March 27, 1905
Collection ID:
5780-072b01f14_01
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8. When you Buy These… Look for This

Description:
Excerpt of an ACWA ad promoting the union label.
Attribution:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers' of America
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5619b115af3b
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9. 1981 America's Next Great Designer Award

Description:
Cover of the scrapbook created by the ILGWU on the 1981 America's Next Great Designer Award
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
1981
Collection ID:
5780MBb25f05_1-01
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10. Buy No Hats Without This Label

Description:
Brochure issued by Local 1 of the United Garment Workers of America to support the use of the union label
Attribution:
United Garment Workers of America
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780permb02f15
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11. Belinda Hughes wins the ILGWU designer award

Description:
Designer Belinda Hughes is featured in a May 24, 1981 article in the Daily News for having won the 1980 America's Next Great Designer Award, sponsored by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. This clipping was included in the 1980 union scrapbook dedicated to that year's competition.
Attribution:
Eric Copage, Daily News
Collection ID:
5780mbb25f05_1-09
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12. Is she the next great designer?

Description:
Clipping of an article from unidentified newspaper, reporting on designer Belinda Hughes, who won the 1980 America's Next Great Designer Award, sponsored by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The clipping was included in the union scrapbook dedicated to that year's competition.
Attribution:
Article by Florence De Santis
Date:
1981
Collection ID:
5780mbb25f05_1-10
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13. Certificate of Design Creatitvity presented to Belinda Hughes

Description:
Designer Belinda Hughes won the 1980 America's Next Great Designer Award, sponsored by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. A copy of the certificate and an image of the ceremony in which she was presented with the award are included in the 1980 union scrapbook dedicated to that year's competition.
Collection ID:
5780mbb25f05_1-13
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14. ILGWU fashion advice brochure

Description:
Front cover of brochure "Fall Fashion Hints for Buyers," displaying a woman modeling and the union label
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-003b06f10_01
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15. ILGWU fashion advice brochure

Description:
Front cover of brochure "College Wardrobe: A Guide to the Right Clothes for Where You Are Going," by Eleanor Lambert and Diana Callaway, displaying a woman carrying a union label
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-003b06f10_02
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16. ILGWU fashion handbook

Description:
Front cover of brochure "Travel in Style: A Handbook of Travel and Vacation Wardrobes," by Eleanor Lambert and Francie Hughes, displaying a woman on an elephant
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-003b06f10_03
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17. Poster promoting the ILGWU union label

Description:
Poster "They're Labelling more and more…"
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-125gb1f04_01
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18. Poster promoting the union label

Description:
Poster "What every fashionable woman will be wearing this Spring"
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-125gb1f14_01
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19. Poster promoting the union label

Description:
Poster "Pamela wore a mini skirt, sweater, white go-go boots and 4 union labels…"
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-125gb1f15_01
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20. More than a Label -- A Powerful Movement

Description:
Reprint of an ACWA ad promoting the union label. Originally appeared in the Daily News Record.
Attribution:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers' of America
Date:
1981
Collection ID:
5619b115af3a
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21. Mother-Daughter Guide To Fashion

Description:
Illustration from an ILGWU brochure for mothers who wish to teach fashion to their daughters.
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-003b06f10_01-01
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22. The Label and YOU

Description:
Cover of ILGWU brochure promoting the union label to the public
Attribution:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5780-003b06f10_02-01
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23. Make a note to insist on the union label

Description:
Notebook issued by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, promoting the union label
Attribution:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5619b115-1f3d
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24. The Inside Story

Description:
Brochure issued by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, to explain to consumers "what every man should know about the clothes he wears and the men who make them"
Attribution:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Date:
Unknown
Collection ID:
5619b115-1f3c
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