first edition
1950 · New York
by DRESSMAKERS UNION LOCAL 22
New York: Dressmakers Union Local 22, 1950. First Edition. Oblong quarto (23cm x 30cm). Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; [36]pp; chiefly illus. Mild external dusting; Near Fine. Pictorial history of American labor struggles, beginning with the birth of the AFL (1886) and concluding with the massive protest by Dressmakers on the streets of New York City in May, 1949. Issued as a premium for distribution at the 50th Anniversary Convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. An uncommon and graphically interesting ILGWU souvenir album. (Inventory #: 25242)