Samuel Gompers, 1887-1982

Includes images from Samuel Gompers' personal life, his career as a founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor, and various ceremonies and memorials after his death in 1924. Most of the images are from the 1900s-1920s. A sizeable portion of the collection consists of individual images, both formal and informal. The series also includes images of Gompers with various American and international labor leaders of the late nineteeth and early twentieth centuries. Of special note are the images portraying Gompers' role in international affairs, particularly his participation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and his trips to Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Panama Canal. Numerous images of artwork depict Gompers' visage. The sub-series of oversized photographs is particularly strong in images of artwork, including posters, paintings, monuments, and sculpture.