San Francisco Web Pressmen photograph album
Scope and Contents
Photo album consisting of images from 1921-1958, the bulk from 1951, of web pressmen at work printing San Francisco newspapers, on break and posing with co-workers, and spending leisure time together on recreational outings. The album documents the pressmen's working environment, including web press machinery and ink-stained clothes, and hunting, fishing, and clam-digging trips taken throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California, and San Diego. The album has handwritten notes identifying people in the photos, some with retirement and death dates. The album also contains two newspaper clippings of obituaries.
Dates
- 1921-1958
- Majority of material found within 1951
Creator
- Web Pressmen's Union. Local 4 (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organization)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Historical Note
Printers in early America were the first craftspeople to form local unions and they formed the first International Union in 1852 called the International Typographical Union (ITU), originally named National Typographical Union. Technological advancements transformed the printing industry in the late 1800s and by the turn of the century several separate printing unions had emerged or seceded from the ITU, including the International Printing Pressmen's Union of North America, from which the San Francisco Web Pressmen's Union most probably evolved. All the printing unions were joined together by 1983 under the name Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU). In 2005, the GCIU merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The printers have their own segment within the Teamsters called Graphic Communications Conference.
Extent
1 album ((30 pages); 26.5 x 53 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photo album consisting of images of web pressmen at work printing San Francisco newspapers, on break and posing with co-workers, and spending leisure time together on recreational outings. The album documents the pressmen's working environment, including web press machinery and ink-stained clothes, and hunting, fishing, and clam-digging trips taken throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California, and San Diego.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Physical Location
Collection available on site.
Acquisition
Collection donated by the Graphic Communications International Union, 2003 (2003/103).
General
Two photos removed from page one (verso).
Creator
- Web Pressmen's Union. Local 4 (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid to the San Francisco Web Pressmen Photograph Album
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu