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    <unittitle>United Steel Workers of America, Union Button</unittitle>
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      <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006063499" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">United Steelworkers</corpname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.01 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 item (1 folder)</extent>
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    <unitdate certainty="approximate" datechar="creation" normal="1942/1980" type="inclusive">ca. 1942-1980</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_9515919d34a78ed080386a07ae9833a7">West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/</physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United Steel Workers of America, Union Button, A&amp;M 4485, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>A metal pin-back button signifying membership in the United Steel Workers of America labor union. The artifact is pinned to its original paper mount. The paper mount is printed with the text "Here is Your Union Button" above the pinned button and "Wear this Badge of Honor Proudly" below. The paper also bears the Allied Label mark, certifying that the button was manufactured by Union affliated workers.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127829" source="lcsh">Steel industry and trade</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136516" source="lcsh">Labor unions</subject>
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