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BarryILGWU Educational Meeting 1934

Educational meeting of International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 60, Harlem, New York, April 1934. The ILGWU was a founding member of the CIO.

Photo from the 1930s, room full of people sitting in rows of chairs. It’s a multi-racial crowd, about half women. Everyone is nicely dressed, the women with hats, the men in suits and ties.