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Convention Stitches
Convention Stitches

Convention Stitches

Date1940-05-20
ClassificationsMagazine
Credit LineGift of Lawrence S. Harris
Object number243.92
Object DescriptionSpecial 25th anniversary issue "Convention Stitches" parodies internal politics and personalities of Amalgamated Union, with carictures, cartoons and humorous articles. Masthead p. 28 lists Abraham Hershkowitz as editor, with cartoon of him as besieged editor underneath. Printed on glossy paper in black & white. Cover has anniversary cake & cartoons of union leaders.
Keywords
  • English
  • Workmen's Circle
  • Jewish Daily Forward
  • Unions
  • Humor
  • Communal institutions
NotesAbraham Hershkowitz, donor's grandfather, was National Treasurer of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Union in 1930's, Journalist, wrote Yiddish for the Forward, edited union convention magazine.
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The Forward
1957-09-15
Object number: 245.92
The Forward
The Forward
1954-06-04
Object number: 244.92
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Object number: 293.98.1-2

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