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"banner, Tobacco Workers Union" [NBS I/D 398]



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Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 398

Object Name
banner

Title
TOBACCO WORKERS UNION LONDON DISTRICT COMMITTEE

Place
London & England & UK

People
worker: tobacco workers

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour History

Description
The origins of the union go back to 1834 when a group of London tobacco spinners formed themselves into the Friendly Society of Operative Tobacconists. The banner probably dates from the 1960s.

Materials: double layer ground of salmon pink rayon rep.

Multimedia
banner, Tobacco Workers Union [NMLH.1991.99.471] (image/jpeg)

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