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Virginia Federation of Labor Convention Badge. Bristol, Va., April 3, 4, 5, 1922

Virginia Federation of Labor delegate's convention badge. Delegates represented local unions at the state gathering. The Virginia Federation of Labor…
Captain America Goes to War Against Drugs, No.1 April 1994: High Heat

1990 giveaway comic book published by Marvel Comics in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Captain America helps a young baseball…
Child Labor in Virginia. NCLC Pamphlet No. 171

Pamphlet by Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, Secretary for the Southern States, National Child Labor Committee. With photographs by Lewis W. Hine, staff…