Artist/Maker
New Bedford Loomfixer's Union
Place MadeNew Bedford, MASSACHUSETTS, United States
Date7/22/1949
Mediumink, cardstock
Donor credit lineGift of Robert French
Object number2011.85
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionLetterpress on cardstock. Card (application) for membership in union. "Don't let the bosses increase your/ work load/ - protect yourself against this stretch-out -/ Some wise bosses are playing you for a ----, by giving/ you more Looms. Now is the time to stop him! Don't/ accept this Stretch-out./ Fixers and Changers - Join the Loom Fixer's Union/ and Protect Your Job now." On reverse, "Sign this card and return/ to- New Bedford Loomfixer's Union/ Room 306, Times Building, 908 Purchase St./ H. Cote, Sec'y. Treas. and Business Agent." Followed by fill-in application (blank). Dated July 22, 1949.On View
Not on view
Martin, Joseph S.
Benjamin Russell*
Grant, Gordon
Union Street Railway Co.
