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The Forward
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The Forward

Date1957-09-15
ClassificationsNewspaper
Credit LineGift of Lawrence S. Harris
Object number245.92
Object DescriptionArt section of the Forward. Photo on left side of page shows Abraham Hershkowitz (left) with NY State Governor Averill Harriman (center) and Jacob S. Potofsky, (right) President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union. Governor Harriman is pointing to a tie clasp which he is wearing, in the shape of scissors, sent to him by Potofsky. The occasion was the NY State CIO Convention.
Keywords
  • English
  • Yiddish
  • Jewish Daily Forward
  • Press
  • Unions
  • Harriman, Averell
NotesAbraham Hershkowitz was National Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Union in 1930's, also journalist, wrote in Yiddish for the Forward and edited the union convention newspaper.
Convention Stitches
Convention Stitches
1940-05-20
Object number: 243.92
The Forward
The Forward
1954-06-04
Object number: 244.92
Forward
Forward
1954-06-06
Object number: 246.92

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