To commemorate labor history month, take a tour of Labor Arts, a virtual museum that gathers, identifies, and displays historic images of working people and their organizations. The site states that its mission is “to present powerful images that help us understand the past and present lives of working people.”
Some of the many fascinating exhibits and collections include:
- Labor Sings – songs from the 20s and 30s, including Old Paint, Beltiline Girl, and the Soup Song.
- Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives – a collection of photos, stories, and songs from pre-World War I to the present.
- Buttons and Badges, cartoon art, leaflets and pamphlets and a vast collection of photos and artifacts from the early 20th century to the present.
Thanks to rawblogXport for pointing us to this great site.
Tags: history labor movement, labor, labor arts, unions
