JOHN L. LEWIS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 264447
Price: $360.00
JOHN L. LEWIS
Black and white 11x12 publicity photograph of John L. Lewis wearing a
suit and tie.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To my good friend and
associate/Cecil Owen with good wishes/John L. Lewis". B/w, 11x12. Lewis
(1880-1969), a giant among labor leaders in the early 1900s, helped to raise
the living standards of millions of American families after he organized
industrial workers into the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and
negotiated over a billion dollars in wage increases. The President of the United
Mine Workers of America (UMWA) (1920-1960), he helped to organize a number
of leading labor unions, including the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and
the United Auto Workers (UAW).Under his leadership, the UMWA Welfare
and Retirement Fund was created through a contract with the federal
government, providing health care delivery to the workers in America's coal
fields through the establishment of eight hospitals and numerous clinics in
Appalachia. In 1960, Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President John F. Kennedy. Adequate contrast. Silvered image. Creased with
surface wear. Upper and lower blank margins removed. Nicked at lower edge.
1½-inch diagonal tear from upper right edge, removing small part of blank
margin. Lightly soiled and stained.
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