Seal

Object Name:

Seal

Object ID:

1988.081.01-.13

Date:

1955-1965

Description:

Thirteen cast metal hand presses, each with seal of a different local New Hampshire textile workers union. Each seal reads "TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA / AFL-CIO" around perimeter of circle, with local number, city name, and charter date in inner circle. Two are painted green, with the rest painted black, with most having gold stripe around base. Paint flaking off most.

.01. Local 1663, Gonic, NH, chartered June 10, 1965. Paint in good condition.
.02. Local 361, Manchester, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Green paint.
.03. Local 1239, Manchester, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Very worn.
.04. Local 1344, Manchester, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Good condition.
.05. Local 815, Nashua, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Fair condition.
.06. Local 1091, Nashua, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Very worn.
.07. Local 1339, Nashua, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Olive paint, very worn.
.08. Local 112, Newport, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Good condition.
.09. Local 1075, Somersworth, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Poor condition.
.10. Local 1630, West Swanzey, NH, chartered May 1, 1964. Broken in two pieces.
.11. Local 1486, Winchester, NH, chartered Nov. 13, 1959. Good condition.
.12. Granite State Joint Board, Gonic, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Fair condition.
.13. Twin State Joint Board, Gonic, NH, chartered Dec. 5, 1955. Fair condition.

Material:

Metal

Dimensions:

H-6.5 D-2 inches

Provenance:

Used by various New Hampshire textile workers local unions, including:
Gonic, NH
Granite State Joint Board
Manchester, NH
Nashua, NH
Newport, NH
Somersworth, NH
Twin State Joint Board
West Swanzey, NH
Winchester, NH

Credit Line:

Gift of Peter and Carol Haebler

Subjects:

Presses, Seals, Textile industry, Textile industry unions, Unions, Labor