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Film footage showing Drug Employees Union Local 1199 members engaging in various activities

circa 1953

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Shows members of the Drug Employees Union Local 1199 engaged in various activities: attending meetings, working, walking a picket line, signing a petition, attending an art gallery exhibition, and hosting a Christmas party for children.

Collection
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection
Archival grouping
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection / Series 1: Motion Picture Film
Catalog date
circa 1953
Format and extent
1 Motion picture film (black-and-white, silent, 16mm)
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Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref210

Collection: Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

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