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[[Image:05.gif|64px|left]] [[Image:Bending-over-backwards-icon.jpg|100px|right]] '''Listen to an audio description of the Labor Temple that once filled the Redstone Building, part of the "Bending Over Backwards" walking tour:'''
<iframe src="http://archive.org/embed/Stop516th.AndCapp" width="500" height="30" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
''voice: Patrick Simms''
[[The GARTLAND FIRE!|Next Stop on "Bending Over Backwards" tour]]
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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


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Based on six months of historical research about the former San Francisco Labor Temple, headquarters of the Labor Council and home to the ''Labor Clarion'' newspaper and numerous locals from 1914 to 1968, this twelve mural project includes six murals on labor themes, including the 1934 general strike, the organization of Chinese garment workers in 1938, the department store strikes of the early forties and the career of [http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Legal/rebelschapt5.htm Dow Wilson of Painters Local 4], who was assassinated in 1966. This mural was organized by the [http://www.meganwilson.com/related/clarion.php Clarion Alley Mural Project] with a grant from the Creative Work Fund. <br><br>
Based on six months of historical research about the former San Francisco Labor Temple, headquarters of the Labor Council and home to the ''Labor Clarion'' newspaper and numerous locals from 1914 to 1968, this twelve mural project includes six murals on labor themes, including the 1934 general strike, the organization of Chinese garment workers in 1938, the department store strikes of the early forties and the career of [http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Legal/rebelschapt5.htm Dow Wilson of Painters Local 4], who was assassinated in 1966. This mural was organized by the [http://www.meganwilson.com/related/clarion.php Clarion Alley Mural Project] with a grant from the Creative Work Fund. <br><br>


[[Image:Redstone bindery.jpg]] <br>
[[Image:Redstone-mural-bindery-women 3895.jpg]]
'''Isis Rodriguez’s illustration of the Bindery Women’s Local 125, which occupied the building in the early 1920s.'''<br>
 
'''Isis Rodriguez’s illustration of the Bindery Women’s Local 125, which occupied the building in the early 1920s.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''




[[Image:Redstone emporium picket.jpg]]<br>
[[Redstone-mural-emporium-strike 3907.jpg]]
 
'''Emporium Strike, by Susan Greene'''


'''Emporium Strike, by Susan Greene'''<br>
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''




[[Image:Redstone painters union.jpg]] <br>
[[Redstone-mural-dow-wilson 3903.jpg]]
'''Aaron Noble’s piece illustrates two important moments in the City’s labor history—when the corrupt union official Ben Rasnick was thrown out of the Red Stone Building by Dow Wilson (depicted here); and, later, when Wilson was murdered by shotgun fire on April 5, 1966.'''<br>
 
'''Aaron Noble’s piece illustrates two important moments in the City’s labor history—when the corrupt union official Ben Rasnick was thrown out of the Red Stone Building by Dow Wilson (depicted here); and, later, when Wilson was murdered by shotgun fire on April 5, 1966.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''




[[Image:Redstone shut it down.jpg]] <br>
[[Redstone-mural-sf-labor-council 3896.jpg]]  
'''Detail from Chuck Sperry's mural focusing on the 1934 strike.'''<br>
 
'''Detail from Chuck Sperry's mural focusing on the 1934 strike.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''



Revision as of 23:45, 13 July 2013

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Listen to an audio description of the Labor Temple that once filled the Redstone Building, part of the "Bending Over Backwards" walking tour:

<iframe src="http://archive.org/embed/Stop516th.AndCapp" width="500" height="30" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

voice: Patrick Simms

Next Stop on "Bending Over Backwards" tour



Unfinished History

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Labor Temple in 1929
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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The Redstone Building at 16th and Capp Streets, 1997. For decades the Labor Temple, now home to numerous alternative political and arts groups, its lobby is adorned with a series of historic labor-theme murals.
Photo: Chris Carlsson

Based on six months of historical research about the former San Francisco Labor Temple, headquarters of the Labor Council and home to the Labor Clarion newspaper and numerous locals from 1914 to 1968, this twelve mural project includes six murals on labor themes, including the 1934 general strike, the organization of Chinese garment workers in 1938, the department store strikes of the early forties and the career of Dow Wilson of Painters Local 4, who was assassinated in 1966. This mural was organized by the Clarion Alley Mural Project with a grant from the Creative Work Fund.

Redstone-mural-bindery-women 3895.jpg

Isis Rodriguez’s illustration of the Bindery Women’s Local 125, which occupied the building in the early 1920s.

Photo: Chris Carlsson


Redstone-mural-emporium-strike 3907.jpg

Emporium Strike, by Susan Greene

Photo: Chris Carlsson


Redstone-mural-dow-wilson 3903.jpg

Aaron Noble’s piece illustrates two important moments in the City’s labor history—when the corrupt union official Ben Rasnick was thrown out of the Red Stone Building by Dow Wilson (depicted here); and, later, when Wilson was murdered by shotgun fire on April 5, 1966.

Photo: Chris Carlsson


Redstone-mural-sf-labor-council 3896.jpg

Detail from Chuck Sperry's mural focusing on the 1934 strike.

Photo: Chris Carlsson


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