Men with USA CIO Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania flags at the City County Building

ca. 1933-1958

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Men with USA CIO Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania flags at the City County Building

Title
Men with USA CIO Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania flags at the City County Building
Creator
Harris, Charles Teenie
Date
ca. 1933-1958
Identifier
1996.69.480
Source Identifier
Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.480
Description
Men posing for a group portrait in front of the City County Building's ticket Office, Downtown Pittsburgh. They are wearing suits with overcoats and decorative top hats. Each is holding a cane with a USA CIO Pittsburgh flag attached. The CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations, was formed when the leaders of the United Mine Workers, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and representatives of the Textile Workers and the Typographers unions joined together in 1938 and left the American Federation of Labor (AFL). By 1941 the CIO had succeeded in organizing the steel industry. In 1955 the CIO merged with the AFL and became the AFL-CIO.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Labor Unions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
Contributor
Carnegie Museum of Art
Collection
Teenie Harris Photographs
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Rights Holder
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh