Oil Workers International Union convention

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20026503

Description

Presiding officers at the Oil Workers International Union (OWIU) convention, which opened at Hotel Texas, are, left to right, O. A. Knight, OWIU, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) president and E. Carl Mattern, center, of Austin, Texas, vice president of the OWIU and executive secretary of the state CIO. On the right is W. B. Taylor, CIO national director of organization for the OWIU. All three men are wearing suits. Mr. Knight and Mr. Mattern are wearing neckties and Mr. Taylor is wearing a bow-tie.

Archival Date

1945-12-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-371

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Knight, O. A.; Mattern, E. Carl; Taylor, W. B.; Oil Workers International Union; Labor unions; Congress of Industrial Organizations; Conventions; Hotel Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.); Neckties; Bow Ties