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Image of Two women and two men in a union office, circa 1944
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Two women and two men in a union office, circa 1944

A seated man claps his hands while two unidentified women and a man appear to be singing and dancing in front of posters urging union members to vote in an upcoming election. The photographer Al Smith was a member of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific, a CIO labor union which represented galley staff on steamships, so…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.006
Date:Circa 1944
Image of C.L. Dellums at Mount Zion Baptist Church,  Seattle, May 12, 1944
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C.L. Dellums at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, May 12, 1944

Labor activist C.L. (Cottrell Lawrence) Dellums (1900-1989) was a porter for the Pullman Company when he was fired in 1927 for his open support of unionization. In 1929, Dellums was elected vice president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and he became president in 1966.C.L. Dellums and A. Philip Randolph, labor organizer and civil rights activist, visited Seattle together…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder28.004
Date:1944
Image of A. Philip Randolph at lecturn, Seattle, circa 1947
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A. Philip Randolph at lecturn, Seattle, circa 1947

A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph (1889–1979) was a labor organizer and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL).Labor activist C.L. (Cottrell Lawrence) Dellums (1900-1989) was a porter for the Pullman Company when he…
ID Number:2014.49.005.039.0448
Date:Circa 1947
Image of A. Philip Randolph and C.L. Dellums at speaking venue, Seattle, circa 1947
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A. Philip Randolph and C.L. Dellums at speaking venue, Seattle, circa 1947

A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph (1889–1979) was a labor organizer and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL).Labor activist C.L. (Cottrell Lawrence) Dellums (1900-1989) was a porter for the Pullman Company when he…
ID Number:2014.49.005.039.0449
Date:Circa 1947
Image of Man standing on a dock with lumber, Seattle, circa 1953
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Man standing on a dock with lumber, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified man stands on a dock, in front of sling loads of stacked lumber. He holds some papers and flashes a "V" for Victory sign, possibly related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0058
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Men standing at the rail of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
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Men standing at the rail of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953

Three unidentified crew members stand at the rail on the deck of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel. The men appear to be galley workers or stewards. One holds copy of a newspaper called The Dispatcher, with the headline "Stewards Signup Passes 75%," indicating the event is probably related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0059
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Men shaking hands on a dock in front of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
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Men shaking hands on a dock in front of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953

A group of unidentified stand on the dock near the gangplank of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel. One man is holding a copy of the newspaper The Dispatcher. Another man is flashing a "V" sign, and two others are shaking hands. The event is probably related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0060
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Men standing at the rail of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
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Men standing at the rail of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953

Lester Catlet and four other unidentified crew members stand at the rail on the deck of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel. The men appear to be galley workers or stewards.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0061
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Crew members working in the galley of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
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Crew members working in the galley of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified cook cracks eggs beside the rest of the kitchen crew in the galley of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel.
ID Number:2014.49.014.052.0130
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Postal workers at post office, Seattle, circa 1944
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Postal workers at post office, Seattle, circa 1944

A smiling man holding wrapped gifts is surrounded by unidentified fellow employees in the mail sorting area of the U.S. Post Office on Broadway near E. Pine Street. These may be work colleagues of the photographer, Al Smith.
ID Number:2014.49.014.061.0145
Date:Circa 1944
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