Sign, Don't Buy Imported Clothing
Sign, Don't Buy Imported Clothing
- Description
- This placard came from a Washington, D.C. job rally in 1975. "Buy American" campaigns were one response by manufacturers and unions to global competition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Placard
- poster
- date made
- 1975
- used date
- 1975
- affiliated union
- American Federation of Labor
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
- maker
- Allied Printing Trades Council
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- Measurements
- overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0734.06
- catalog number
- 1979.0734.06
- accession number
- 1979.0734
- Credit Line
- Deborah Ritter
- subject
- Protest and Civil Disobedience
- March, Rally, Demonstration, or Other
- Labor Unions
- labor issues
- Employment
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Clothing & Accessories
- Sweatshops
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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