Silkscreen poster shows red silhouette of man holding a megaphone and a flag, based on a photograph taken by Hector González of José Montoya of the Royal Chicano Air Force during a strike for the United Farm Workers in Yuba City, California (see E.M. Diaz, Flying under the radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force). The flag contains a white circle in which the words "viva la manana" and "viva la huelga" form the huelga eagle symbol of the United Farm Workers of America. Background is yellow with the same two phrases repeated, filling the background
Description:
Title, publisher, copyright date, and statement of responsibility from below pictorial area.
Publisher:
RCAF
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Montoya, José and United Farm Workers of America
Subject (Topic):
Migrant agricultural laborers, Labor unions, and Serigraphy
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1832?]
Call Number:
832.00.00.42
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two groups of tailors battle each other. The group on the left, fighting under the "Journeymen Tailors Union for a fair renumeration of labour" banner, charge forward riding geese and using scissors as weapons; additional members fire bows and arrows from towers. The group on the right, fighting under the "Union of Master Tailors for a coninuance of tyranny low wages & profits 100 percent" banner, are well dressed and hang back in a defensive position; they use firearms, swords, and a shield bearing a pound sign ("£") as weapons
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text following title: When snip meets snip then comes the tug of war!, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
A membership card for a trade union with a female figure with an anchor on her left and a shield with three calibers on the right, standing under a broken pediment supported by two Corinthian columns and surmounted by a pineapple
Alternative Title:
Be permanent to protect & not combin'd to injure and Be permanent to protect and not combined to injure
Description:
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from motto etched within image., Date etched in bottom of image., and "Div--" etched in upper left and "No." etched in upper right.
