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Cap, Baseball

Object number2017.97.6

Manufacturer American Screen Printing & Advertising

OriginUnited States of America

MediumFabric; Plastic; Metal

Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M

DescriptionBlack fabric baseball cap. Front has embroidered polychrome union logo comprised of yellow circle containing black text surrounding a white horizontal band across center with four colored circles at center (green, blue, red, and purple); to the viewer's right of the logo is embroidered black and purple union name. Black plastic adjustable tightening snapback strip on back.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.75 x 8.5 x 10 in. (12.1 x 21.6 x 25.4 cm)
InscriptionsFront of hat has union logo with embroidered black text around the perimeter "GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS / INTERNATIONAL UNION" and black and purple text to the viewer's right of the logo "Local / 24 / PITTSBURGH".
MarksInterior white label sewn to the back proper left area has blue text on front "AMERICAN / SCREEN PRINTING / & ADVERTISING / ... / MADE IN USA" and back "R GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS / UNION GCIU LABEL / INTERNATIONAL UNION / 965M".

Interior side of the plastic snapback tightening strip has raised text "MADE IN USA".
Historical NotesPart of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.

Related institution Graphic Communications International Union

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