Hold that Smile!
Ephemera
Hold that Smile!
1949
Photolithograph
Image: 25.5 × 69.1 cm (10 1/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
Overall: 28 × 71.5 cm (11 × 28 1/8 in.)
Gift of David Halberstadt, 2011
Inscriptions recto (printed in image): Hold that Smile! / THAT SMILE MEANS HEALTH FREEDOM FROM WANT / AND FAITH IN A SECURE FUTURE.... / That smile means everhthing that American Labor Unions have / bought for in the effort to achieve a higher standard of living! [inscription hidden under the following inscription on applied paper]
(white paint on applied paper): Sympathetic legislators brought today's smile to / the face of America's Children
(printed in image): The greatest contribution of the Labor / Movement is to the American Public [inscription hidden under the following inscription on applied paper]
(black and red paint on applied paper): Hold that Smile! / Register and Vote
(printed in image): THE MASSACHUSETTS UNITED LABOR COMMITTEE / MASSACHUSETTS AFL, CIO, ADA, AND INDEPENDENT UNIONS / PHOTO BY LEWIS HINE - 1908...COURTESY OF / THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION AND PHOTO LEAGUE / [accompanying image of girl wearing a plaid jacket and holding a binder] TODAY / © E. H. [logo with the following text] LOCAL NO.3 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL / OF AMERICA / BOSTON / [accompanying Lewis Hine image of girl at spinning jenny] 1908 / designed by ERNST HALBERSTADT [bullet] 32 HAWLEY ST. BOSTON 10, MASS. COPYRIGHT 1949
(pencil): OUT [crossed out]
(white paint on applied paper): Sympathetic legislators brought today's smile to / the face of America's Children
(printed in image): The greatest contribution of the Labor / Movement is to the American Public [inscription hidden under the following inscription on applied paper]
(black and red paint on applied paper): Hold that Smile! / Register and Vote
(printed in image): THE MASSACHUSETTS UNITED LABOR COMMITTEE / MASSACHUSETTS AFL, CIO, ADA, AND INDEPENDENT UNIONS / PHOTO BY LEWIS HINE - 1908...COURTESY OF / THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION AND PHOTO LEAGUE / [accompanying image of girl wearing a plaid jacket and holding a binder] TODAY / © E. H. [logo with the following text] LOCAL NO.3 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL / OF AMERICA / BOSTON / [accompanying Lewis Hine image of girl at spinning jenny] 1908 / designed by ERNST HALBERSTADT [bullet] 32 HAWLEY ST. BOSTON 10, MASS. COPYRIGHT 1949
(pencil): OUT [crossed out]
