American Labour Graphics

Online collection

DATABASE OF AMERICAN LABOR GRAPHICS AND SIDEWALK CONTRACTOR STAMPS

Two projects of Lincoln Cushing (lcushing@library.berkeley.edu):

The first at

www.lib.berkeley.edu/~lcushing/LaborGraphicsProject.html

tries to identify labor graphic collections -- graphics, prints, posters depicting workers, labor organizations, labor culture etc. The second at

www.lib.berkeley.edu/~lcushing/Stamps/SidewalkStampHome.html

is the documentation, cataloging and publication of symbols known as contractor stamps. - that recorded construction dates. These were symbolic of the pride that tradesmen and women displayed in building our country. Anyone who can contribute to this data bases is encouraged to contact Lincoln.