United Garment workers (UGW) Union members discuss plan for 1914 convention in Nashville Tennessee. View from railroad locomotive traveling on a straight train track. A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train. Trainman on rail car waving a lantern. Views of the convention, October 12, 1914, in Nashville, headed by UGW President Thomas A. Rickert of Chicago. Labor union locals from New York, Boston, Rochester, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, were deemed in arrears on dues (although they had been on strike) and not allowed to participate. They walked out, with the Chicago delegation too. View of Telegram sent from Nashville, by the dissidents, to Sidney Hillman in New York, October, 1914, asking him to head a rival union. Photo of Hillman taking telephone call. A special convention at Webster Hall, in New York City, where dissidents join with Journeyman Tailors union and form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with Sidney Hillman as President. Key members of the new union are seen standing in front of a car. Sidney Hillman in his office dictating to his secretary. Copies of the new union's House organs in various languages. Amalgamated Clothing Workers holding signs in various languages. Workers pose on a truck by a sign reading:"A Fair Deal, A Chance to Live, Arbitration is all we ask." Workers in cars. Girls on roller skates wearing sashes reading: "Don't Be A Scab." A man in a barrel with sign reading: "Can't afford to wear pants. Pa works in an open shop." Women pose in sandwich boards that spell out: "Closed Shop." Philadelphia garment worker ostensibly writing letter to Sidney Hillman. Shop owners examine sewn item and shop records while man works at sewing machine.
View of huge crowd that fills DC Stadium in Washington DC on opening day of the 1963 major league baseball season. President John F. Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Players scramble for the ball, which is caught by Washington Senators catcher Ken Retzer. Closeup of Senators pitcher Don Rudolph. Rudolph gives up solo home run to Baltimore Orioles first baseman Jim Gentile. President Kennedy cheers as Gentile crosses home plate. Later, Rudolph gives up another homer, this one a two-run shot by Orioles left fielder Boog Powell. Orioles win the game, 3-1.
President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.
Former United States President Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower at their home (1195 Baltimore Pike Gettysburg, PA 17325) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dwight Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in the United States. The couple stand in the garden in their house. Eisenhower and his wife hold hands while walk on a path. Former President Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower sit on an ornate metal bench in a garden.
Newsreel clip on baseball's July 7, 1959 All-Star Game -- the first of two games played that year. Clip opens with view of the 35,000 fans jammed into PIttsburgh's Forbes Field for the daytime game. With score tied 1-1 in the seventh inning, the Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banks (seen in brief closeup) hits a long drive off the left field wall, runs into second for a double. Milwaukee's Del Crandall then singles to score Banks and give the National League a 2-1 lead. Fans stand and cheer as the Pittsburgh Pirates' Bill Mazeroski comes to bat. Mazeroski gets hit to left field to score Crandall. In the eighth inning, the Chicago White Sox' Nellie Fox gets a single to ignite a rally. The Baltimore Orioles Gus Triandos hits a double to put American League in front 4-3. But in the bottom of the eighth, hits by Ken Boyer and Hank Aaron tie the game. Then Willie Mays (seen in closeup) hits a long drive just beyond the reach of the center fielder. Forbes Field's ivy-covered outfield wall seen in the shot. Mays' triple scores Aaron to put National League on top 5-4. Brief view of the scoreboard. In the ninth inning, Harvey Kuenn pops up to the end the game.
Northeastern States of the United States serve as an industrial regions. Animated map shows port cities of New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Portland used for transoceanic and coastal trade. Map depicts port cities connected by railroads with industrial regions of Northeastern States of the United States. A moving railroad train running parallel to the Hudson River in New York. View of New York Municipal Airport terminal (also known as LaGuardia Field, or LaGuardia Airport), as passenger aircraft taxi in foreground. Map depicts the daily flights from Northeastern States.
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