Body of Sam Gompers being taken into A.F. of L. bldg., 12/16/24 – Historic Photograph Print
![Body of Sam Gompers being taken into A.F. of L. bldg., 12/16/24, [19]24 December 16. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f6/f61622b6f4c6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Body of Sam Gompers being taken into A.F. of L. bldg., 12/16/24, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Body of Sam Gompers being taken into A.F. of L. bldg., 12/16/24
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This view shows Samuel Gompers's body being carried into the American Federation of Labor building in Washington on December 16, 1924, three days after he died while traveling in San Antonio, Texas. Gompers had led the federation since its founding in 1886 and built American trade unionism around skilled workers and collective bargaining. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio active in the early twentieth century, made the negative, and its glass plate shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age in the original coating.
| Created / published | [19]24 December 16. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,289 × 5,965 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255848 |
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