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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 31, 2013
Caption: Reuther vs. Carnegie
Additional Description: ❷ Valentine Reuther gained a reputation as a great organizer when he and other local labor officials successfully blocked the city's acceptance of money from the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie for a new library in Wheeling. Reuther and local unions raised funds for the new Wheeling Public Library, which was stocked with many pro-labor books. The library opened on January 11,1911, and today it serves a the Georgian Center. Close-up of photo on marker
Walter P. Reuther Memorial Library
Submitted: January 12, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p264231
File Size: 2.077 Megabytes

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