Photograph collection, [ca. 1940-1960].

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Photograph collection, [ca. 1940-1960].

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A total of 147 black and white photographs spanning the 1940s and 1950s, comprised of two groups: one of 113 items that appear to be from the National Maritime Union proper, and another group of 34 shot by photographer Ernst Haas, for the United States Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), the administrative arm of the Marshall Plan. The NMU photographs include excellent shots of a hiring hall "shape-up", ca. 1950s, the NMU's sixth convention, shots of some NMU leaders (including Joseph Curran) of a "Safety At Sea" exhibit, and of "Maritime Day 1944", a celebration that included black, white, and Hispanic members and their families, and celebrities and politicians (including Fiorello La Guardia) addressing the crowd. The ECA images are striking photographs taken in post-WWII France (probably Marseilles) of black (possibly African) and white merchant seamen and dockworkers and their families.

147 photographs.

Churchill County Museum

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Churchill County Museum

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National Maritime Union

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The National Maritime Union (NMU) was an American labor union founded in May 1937 representing workers in the merchant marine. It affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in July 1937. After a failed merger with a different maritime group in 1988, the union merged with the Seafarers International Union of North America in 2001....

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

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Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. Known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive stature, La Guardia is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Though a Republican, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by other part...

Marshall Plan

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United States. Economic Cooperation Administration

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The National Maritime Union of America (NMU), which represented merchant marine workers, was formed in 1937, as a split from the International Seafarer's Union, which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). At its first convention in 1937, the NMU joined the Committee for Industrial Organizations (CIO). A crucial role in its formation was played by former members of the Communist-led Marine Workers Industrial Union. Among the notable reforms achieved by the union...

Haas, Ernst, 1921-1986

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Photographer, lecturer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Ernst Haas interview, 1969 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78626508 ...

Curran, Joseph Richard

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