Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A cartoon of a man talking to a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More
The workers' friends. Public domain reproduction.
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Signs showing support for the United Mine Workers of America at a home...
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Robert Ledwith interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-08-13
Ledwith is the business manager for IWU #46 in New York City. During the interview, we discuss his personal background, entry into the iron trade, the history of the Local and iron workers in New York City, his... More
Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...
Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More
Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest: supplem...
This supplementary material folder contains 33 fieldwork photographs taken by Clark Douglas Halker documenting display and exhibit materials at the 2011 Iron Workers Union National Convention in Chicago. It als... More
James Robert Keane interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2013-0...
James "Jimmy" Keane, a prominent figure on the Irish music scene in Chicago and Ireland, discusses his career as an iron worker and member of Local 1 of the Iron Workers International Union. Keane, who was inju... More
William Sattler interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-2...
William "Bill" Sattler, Iron Workers Union Local 63, discusses his background, early work as an iron worker, his career in the trade, life as union leader, memorable jobs, and also provided photographs of some ... More
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More
That which we call freedom, that which we call liberty, are not tangib...
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Mesta 160-Inch Plate Mill, Defense Plant Corporation, Homestead Works,...
See also HAER PA-200-F for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-343 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: Rated with an annual capacity of six hundred thous... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...
Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More
Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More
Greenville Yard, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Significance: The Greenville Yard is a unique combination of a large classification rail yard with support facilities, and marine operations. Designed and built at the beginning of the twentieth century, it wa... More
Greenville Yard, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Significance: The Greenville Yard is a unique combination of a large classification rail yard with support facilities, and marine operations. Designed and built at the beginning of the twentieth century, it wa... More
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union Hall, Naval Civil ...
Significance: The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Hall is significant for its associations with the labor movement of the World War II-era and for its role in the operations of the Port Hu... More
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union Hall, Naval Civil ...
Significance: The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Hall is significant for its associations with the labor movement of the World War II-era and for its role in the operations of the Port Hu... More
Now for a round-up / W.A. Rogers.
Drawing shows Uncle Sam rounding-up men labeled "Spy," "Traitor," "IWW," "Germ[an] money," and "Sinn Fein" with the United States Capitol in the background displaying a flag that states "Sedition law passed" re... More
Knights of Pythias Hall, West side B Street, between Union & Sutton St...
See also HABS NV-15-20 for related documentation. Significance: The picturesque Miners' Union and Knights of Pythias Halls are two of the few unaltered false-fronted buildings remaining in Virginia City. "Neva... More
Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... More
Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
A hint to organized labor / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled "Walking Delegate" wearing sandwich boards that state "Notice to Businessmen - This is to certify that the Labor Trust, like all other Trusts, has been duly Incorpo... More
The only way out - fighting them with their own weapons / Keppler.
Illustration shows a larger-than-life-size man, the representative for the "Employers Union", who gestures toward a sign on a wall around a construction site, the sign states "Notice - The right to lock out is ... More
In unions there is strength! / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Employer's Union" and a man labeled "Workingman's Union" drinking a toast while sitting on the back of a man sprawled on the ground, clutching papers labeled "Bribes" and "Brok... More
Will the white slave have a Lincoln? / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a man labeled "'Independent' Labor" tied to a post labeled "Organized Tyranny" and being whipped by a man labeled "Professional Entertainer"; in the background, a factory is burning. Illus. ... More
Presentation of U.S. flag to Labor Unions by I.O.O.F Lodge. Labor Day....
Photograph shows crowds of townspeople gathered along sidewalks; a large group of men from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows stand in the road as teams of decorated horse and buggies approach them; one man h... More
Brooms lashed together over roof of Maritime Union Building on W 17 St...
Two brooms lashed together on a flagpole over union headquarters indicating a clean sweep victory of union president Joseph Curran over the communists in union elections. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of:... More
An open letter to the President of the United States Most Americans ar...
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Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and p...
Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.
United Mine Workers' picket shack at the mouth of Hazy Creek, Edwight,...
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21
Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... More
Walter Ritch interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-20
Wally Ritch is a retired ironworker from Local 63, who also leads the retirees club for the Local. In the interview, we cover his background, his entrance in the trade, his career, changes in safety, and his vi... More
Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...
Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More
William C. Tanneberg interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-...
Concerns Tanneberg's experiences as an ironworker and, subsequently, a blacksmith, with some brief information about his labor in the engine room of a Great Lakes freighter. Recorded at Bill Tanneberg's worksho... More
Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08
Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of org... More
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...
Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More
Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More
Miner's Union Hall, B Street, Gold Hill, Storey County, NV
Survey number: HABS NV-15-14 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...
Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More
Greenville Yard, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Significance: The Greenville Yard is a unique combination of a large classification rail yard with support facilities, and marine operations. Designed and built at the beginning of the twentieth century, it wa... More
United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...
Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More
United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...
Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More
United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...
Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More
Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... More
Town of Star Junction, State Route 51, Star Junction, Fayette County, ...
See also HAER PA-321 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Most of the houses in Star Junction were built by the Washington Coal & Coke Company in the 1890s. The company operated a cok... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
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Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
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Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...
Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...
Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More
Order of United American Mechanics, honesty, industry & sobriety
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Certifica... More
At the stake / Keppler. - Public domain portrait print
Illustration shows three men labeled "Riot, Lynching, [and] Violence" burning a female figure labeled "Law and Order" at the stake; she is bound to the stake with ribbons labeled "Prejudice" and "Defiance". Il... More
In the court of public opinion / P.
Illustration shows a police officer holding a hat labeled "Law and Order" standing in a courtroom with a labor union "Walking Delegate" who has papers showing in his pocket labeled "Bribes" and "Broken Contract... More