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Photograph of Samuel Gompers, ca. 1897

189712.7 x 10.2 cmPhotograph, documentarymonochromeJump to full detailsRequest from Special Collections

Summary:Samuel Gompers as a young man, leaning against a fence, very large mustache, in West Virginia. Gompers was the first President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579
Creator:AFL-CIO
Century:1801-1900
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:West Virginia
Temporal subject: 1981-1990
Topical subjects: Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
Labor leaders
Labor unions
AFL-CIO
Genre:Portrait photographs
ArchivesUM location:AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection
  • series 4: Samuel Gompers, 1887-1982
  • subseries 1: Photographs
  • box : 2
  • folder 8: Individual: Informal [1897?]-1923
  • item : N 91
  • accession 2014-001-RG96-001
Repository:Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:Public domain
Collection:Digital Collections
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