A WONDERFUL VINTAGE 1929 NEWS PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER AND UNION ORGANIZER GEORGE PERSHING, A COUSIN TO GENERAL JOHN PERSHING WHO COMMANDED AMERICAN FORCES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Published by International Newsreel Corp., 1929., 1929

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Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

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- sc The 8 inch high by 6 inch wide photograph depicts the young George Pershing from the chest up. The National Textile Workers Union organizer is handsomely attired in a dark three piece suit over white shirt and tie. This is a vintage photograph, likely reproduced from their newsreel footage, distributed by the International Newsreel Corp. at the time. International Newsreel's credit line with their eagle logo is stamped on the verso. Once attached to the verso of the photograph, a sheet of paper on which is typed the text for a press release, accompanies the photograph. The text of the press release reads as follows:"ALLEGED RELATIVE OF GENERAL PERSHING, LEADER OF STRIKING FACTION.CHARLOTTE, N.C.George Pershing who claims and has papers purporting to prove that he is a cousin of Gen. John J. Pershing commander of the A.E.F., who is leader of the communist party who organized the local of the National Textile Workers' Union, (re-pudiated by the A.F. of L.) which is now engaged in a strike accompanied by serious rioting at the Loray Mills Gastonia, N.C. / B-4.5.29".One of several textile mills to strikes at that time, Loray Mills was the first in the country to be owned by Northern owners who sought to benefit from a poor white Southern labor pool who were paid far less than their Northern counterparts. Exploitation of the workers resulted in a wave of walk-outs and strikes, one of the most famous of which was that at Loray Mills. Not only were striking workers struggling against the mill owners but the Communist led National Textile Workers' Union, organized by Fred Irwin Beal and George Pershing was pitted against the A.F. of L.'s United Textile Workers' Union, which was not against using strong-arm tactics to gain the advantage.…

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Title
A WONDERFUL VINTAGE 1929 NEWS PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER AND UNION ORGANIZER GEORGE PERSHING, A COUSIN TO GENERAL JOHN PERSHING WHO COMMANDED AMERICAN FORCES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Author
Pershing, George.
Publisher
International Newsreel Corp., 1929.
Publication year
1929
Condition
Very good
Seller catalogs
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 25 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.bluemountainbooks.com…

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd

581 Burnt Hill Rd
Cadyville, NY U.S.A. 12918