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Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 photographs, 1929-1982
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. Local 7 (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 photographs
- Dates
- 1929-1982 (inclusive)19291982
- Quantity
- 217 photographic prints, 6 contact sheets, 45 negatives, 1 postcard, 1 35mm color slide (1 box and 2 folders) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1044
- Summary
- Photographs of various events and activities of the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
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The records related to this collection are described and indexed in the guide to the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union Local 7 records.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Founded in 1933 as the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 18257 (with American Fedartion of Labor affiliation) represented Alaska salmon cannery workers and farm workers. In 1937, the union became Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7, of the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (with Congress of Industrial Organizations affiliation). In 1945, Local 7 affiliated itself with the Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workers of America (CIO). In 1951, the union became Local 37 of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, and ca. 1987, it became Region 37 of Inlandboatmen's Union/ILWU. Historically, its membership has been comprised predominantly of Filipino American cannery workers as well as a significant mixture of other Asian American workers.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes photographs and negatives relating to the activities of Cannery Workers Local 7. Among the locations represented are: various canneries in Alaska, union offices in Seattle, Washington, the International District in Seattle, Washington, and various cities in Southern California.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donated by Region 37 IBU/ILWU, December 1, 1987.
Processing Note
Processed by Erin Berg and Erin Briggs; processing completed in 2012.
Photographs and other visual material were relocated from the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 records, 1915-1985, MSS Accession No. 3927-001
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Canneries in AlaskaReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Kodiak Fisheries Co. - Port Bailey Cannery crew, Kodiak,
Alaska |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 2 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 3 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 4 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 5 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 6 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 7 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 8 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 9 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 10 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 11 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 12 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 13 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 14 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 15 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 16 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 17 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 18 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 19 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 20 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 21 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 22 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 23 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 24 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 25 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 26 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 27 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 28 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 29 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 30 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 31 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 32 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 33 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 34 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 35 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 36 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 37 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 38 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 39 | 1940 | |
1/1 | 40 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 41 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 42 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 43 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 44 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 45 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 46 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 47 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 49 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 50 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 48 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 51 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 52 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 53 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 54 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 55 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 56 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 57 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 58 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 59 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 60 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 61 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 62 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 63 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 64 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 65 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 66 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 67 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 68 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 69 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 70 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 71 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 72 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 73 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 74 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 75 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 76 | 1940 | |
1/2 | 77 | 1940 | |
Libby, McNeil & Libby |
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Kenai Cannery crew, Kenai, Alaska |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 78 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 79 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 80 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 81 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 82 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 83 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 84 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 85 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 86 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 87 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 88 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 89 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 90 | 1941 | |
1/3 | 91 | 1941 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 92-93 | 1940 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 94-96 | 1941 | |
1/6 | 97-104 | 1940 | |
1/7 | 105 |
Wards Cove Packaging Co. - Wards Cove Cannery crew,
Ketchikan, Alaska 1 print and 1 negative
|
1940 |
Other Canneries |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 106 |
Large white building with dock in
foreground Signs on building denote "store" and "office."
|
circa 1930s |
1/8 | 107 | circa 1930s | |
1/8 | 108 | circa 1930s | |
1/8 | 109 | circa 1930s | |
1/8 | 110 | 1938 | |
1/8 | 111 | circa 1940s | |
1/8 | 112 | circa 1940s | |
1/8 | 113 |
[?], Jim Backus, Robert Ryan, and
Richard Burton on the set of Ice Palace, filmed in
Petersburg, Alaska
Ice Palace is a film that
dramatizes the debate over Alaska statehood. Two of the main characters, Zeb
Kennedy (Richard Burton) and Thor Storm (Robert Ryan) work in the fish cannery
industry.
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circa 1960 |
1/8 | 114 | July 1961 | |
1/8 | 115 | July 1961 | |
1/8 | 116 |
South Korean women cleaning
ship E. Allen, 210 Euclid, Seattle Wash. 98122 (photographer)
Notes on verso: 1963 / So Korean women ship scalers / 71/2¢
hour / Seattle scalars 2.89 at time
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1963 |
1/8 | 117-120 | 1967 | |
1/8 | 121 | August 1969 | |
1/9 | 122 | July 22, 1970 | |
1/9 | 123 |
Bernardo Recillian, Rudi [?], Bob
Sotelo, Lando, Buscit, and Norman Bobila, Andy Pasena and Bob Quijance on ship
in Bristol Bay, Alaska Written on verso: Taken on long shoring boat just as we were
leaving.
|
July 26, 1970 |
1/9 | 124 |
Long shoring boats and egg boats in
Bristol Bay, Alaska Written on verso: Departure day July 26, 1970. Departure from
ship, I mean.
|
July 26, 1970 |
1/9 | 125-126 |
Men working at filler feeder in
cannery Note on verso: "Syquia".
|
September 1970 |
1/9 | 127 | circa 1970 | |
1/9 | 128 | circa 1970 | |
1/9 | 129-130 | October 1970 | |
1/9 | 131-132 | October 1970 | |
1/9 | 133-134 | October 1970 | |
1/9 | 135 | 1970 | |
1/9 | 136 | 1970 | |
1/9 | 137 | 1970 | |
1/10 | 138 |
Bed in dormitory for white men in
Excursion Inlet, Alaska Caption on front: III. Neat paneled room for white
employees
|
1973 |
1/10 | 139 |
Large white sacks reading "Oriental
B. House" in Excursion Inlet, Alaska. Caption on front: XII. Segregation- a way of life in all
aspects
|
1973 |
1/10 | 140 | July 1973 | |
1/10 | 141 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 142 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 143 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 144 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 145 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 146 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 147 | August 1973 | |
1/10 | 148 | August 1975 | |
1/10 | 149 |
Brite stackers shrink wrapping cans
in preparation for shipping in NEFCO-Fidalgo packing plants in Ketchican,
Alaska Chris Mensalvas is on the left.
|
1975 |
1/10 | 150 |
Brite stackers shrink wrapping cans
in preparation for shipping at NEFCO-Fidalgo packing plants in Ketchican,
Alaska Chris Mensalvas is on the left.
|
1975 |
1/10 | 151 | 1975 | |
1/10 | 152 | 1975 | |
1/10 | 153 | 1975 | |
1/10 | 154 |
Men doing pre-season cleanup at
cannery groups Filipino and Asian workers often cut the grass during cannery
slow periods while white workers enjoyed free time.
|
circa 1975 |
1/10 | 155 | circa 1975 | |
1/10 | 156 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 157-165 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 166-169 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 170 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 171 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 172 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 173 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 174 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 175 | circa 1975 | |
1/11 | 176-183 | circa 1980 | |
1/11 | 184-185 | circa 1980 | |
1/11 | 186 | circa 1980 | |
1/11 | 187 | undated | |
1/12 | 188 |
Men moving wooden palettes outside of
a house Contact sheet for 20 images
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undated |
1/12 | 189 |
Men building a deck Contact sheet for 25 images
|
undated |
Seattle Local 7 ActivitiesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Meetings |
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Mass Meeting at Seafood Workers Union office in
Seattle, Washington |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/13 | 190 |
Man speaking to standing-room-only
audience at mass meeting Note on blackboard: "Mass Meeting!! For all cannery
workers regardless of affillation [sic] Sat. May 15 - 5:30 P.M.".Other notes on blackboard written by Victorio Velasco,
Secretary, including his signature. Velasco is the man on the right side of the
photo wearing a gray suit, with a visible side part in his hair, hand on his
hip, and profile to the camera.
|
circa 1954 |
1/13 | 191 | circa 1954 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/13 | 192 |
Ten men, mostly Filipino, during
meeting Victorio Velasco is on the right of the back row.Man standing on far right of the back row is Victorio
Velasco.
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circa 1950s |
Men Taking Oaths |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/14 | 193 |
Men, mostly Filipino, taking oaths
and sitting around table at unknown meeting Contact sheet for 6 images. Includes prints for 193/1,
193/2, 193/5 and 193/6. Those pictured include: Tony Daddeo, Salvador Del
Fiero, Tony Baruso, John Locaro, Ted Daddeo, Gene Navarro, and Pintal
Cabuena.
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circa 1970s |
1/14 | 194 |
Men, mostly Filipino, taking oaths
and sitting around table at unknown meeting Contact sheet for 4 images. Includes prints for 194/7 and
194/9. Those pictured include: Tony Daddeo, Salvador Del Fiero, Tony Baruso,
John Locaro, Ted Daddeo, Gene Navarro, and Pintal Cabuena.
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circa 1970s |
Seattle Local 7 Office |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/15 | 195 |
Portrait of Cornelio
Briones Cornelio Briones was a one-time officer of Cannery Wokers
Local 7. Charging Local 7's leadership with Communist sympathies, he left to
become the president of the rival Seafood Workers Union.
|
late 1940s |
1/15 | 196 |
Vincent Nivea at his desk Wally Almanzor (photographer)
Vincent Nivea was president of Local 7 from 1940 to 1942.
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June 23, 1948 |
1/15 | 197 |
Joe Badaua (left) and another man
looking at paperwork Mel Kirkwood (photographer)
Carlos Bulosan, a renowned Filipino-American author, became
publicity director of Local 37 in 1952.
|
circa 1952 |
1/15 | 198 |
Joe Cammarillo at desk with telephone
and pen and paper Mel Kirkwood (photographer)
|
circa 1952 |
1/15 | 199 |
Portrait of Trinidad Rojo Mel Kirkwood (photographer)
|
circa 1952 |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/15 | 200 | circa 1949 | |
1/15 | 201 | Young people sitting in Cannery Workers
Association office |
circa 1970s |
Port of Seattle photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/16 | 202 | undated | |
1/16 | 203-204 | undated | |
1/16 | 205 | undated |
EventsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 206 | circa 1920s-1930s | |
1/17 | 207 |
Large group of people surrounding a coffin at a
funeral Text on ribbon of floral wreath says "UCAPAWA": the United
Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America, with which the
union was affliated between 1937 and 1947.
|
circa 1937-1947 |
1/17 | 208 |
Group of attendees of Filipino picnic
on July 4, 1974 Note on verso: "[ill.] of Filipino Picnic 7/4/74, Angel, Silme
[Domingo], Felix, Rick [Furukawa], Joe, Jen P., Nemesio [Domingo, Jr.], Gene
Jr., Peggy, [ill.]".
|
1974 |
1/17 | 209 |
Demonstrators march to preserve the
International District on February 3, 1975 in on S. Jackson Street near 6th
Ave. S., Seattle, Washington Banner reads, "Support the struggle for the preservation of the
I.D. Committee for Corrective Action".
|
1975 |
May Day celebration in Seattle,
Washington |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 210-214 | May 1, 1978 | |
1/17 | 215-216 | May 1, 1978 | |
1/17 | 217-219 | May 1, 1978 | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 220 | circa 1980 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. Local 7 (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)