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  • TitleGetting ILA pact ballots
  • Call NumberWORK_0673
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWorkers in overcoats and caps presenting documents to three men in suits sitting at a table. Caption: "Getting ILA pact ballots: Members of the International Longshoremen's Association line up at ILA Brooklyn Headquarters to have their union dues books checked and receive ballots for vote on contract with New York Shipping Association. Rejection of contract would mean immediate walkout by union...."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 6, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.