Edith Ransom and Charles Zimmerman (center) of ILGWU Local 22 march with others in the 1937 May Day parade.
- Title:
- Edith Ransom and Charles Zimmerman (center) of ILGWU Local 22 march with others in the 1937 May Day parade.
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 1937-05-01
- ID Number:
- 5780pb27f3c
- Collection Number:
- 5780 P
- File Name:
- KCL05780pb027f03cp600g.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Banners
Labor leaders
Organizing
Parades
Placards
Women
African Americans
Local
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union - Description:
- Four people march toward the camera under a banner reading "Labor Unite Against Reaction - United May Day Comm. 1937 - Organize the Unorganized," with paraders following and spectators on the right of the frame. From left to right, the four are: an unnamed light skinned man in a pinstripe three-piece suit, looking to his left; Edith Ransom, a petite medium-dark skinned African American woman in a belted black coat and peaked hat; Charles Zimmerman, a light skinned man in a tweedy three-piece suit, squinting toward the camera; and another unnamed light skinned man in a dark suit holding his hat in one hand a cigarette holder in the other.
- Cite As:
- ILGWU Photographs, 1835-1992 #5780 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- ILGWU Photographs, 1835-1992
- Box:
- 27
- Folder:
- 3
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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