(LABOR HISTORY) Group of 32 badges and ribbons from industri

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(LABOR HISTORY.) Group of 32 badges and ribbons from industrial unions. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1885-1964 and undated

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Most heavily represented are iron molders, textile workers, steelworkers, machinists, and boot and shoe workers. Highlights include a convention badge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers from 1885, a few years before the great Homestead strike Early badge from the Lasters Protective Union of America, Dover, NH Branch, circa 1890-95 Labor Day ribbon from the Mule Spinners Association of Dover, NH circa 1890s Early ribbon from the Glendon Rolling Mill in Pittsburgh, PA Ribbon from the Amalgamated Lace Operatives of America.