Images from UAW archival collections as well as personal collections from the Reuther family. These photos illuminate works by the UAW, as well as personal snapshots from the life of Walter Reuther, notably his earlier years.
Left to Right:-1. Murray Lincoln, Nationwide Insurance Co. and Cooperative Movement.-2. ???-3. President John F. Kennedy-4. Norman Cousins, The Saturday Review.-5. Walter P. Reuther, President of UAW."ca. 1962"
Reuther outside committee room, in group House Ways and Means on international trade (HR9000). Left to Rght: Christian Herter, Reuther unidentified, Rep. Wilbur Mills, Omar Bradley, McNamara."March 21, 1962"
United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther is shown in San Francisco holding a sign that was thrown into his car by Communist hecklers on his recent tour of Japan. Reuther spent 10 days in Japan helping to coordinate efforts by the Japanese and American labor movements."November, 1962
"International Solidarity Forever" Walter and Victor Reuther in group photo with Japanese labor leaders. Left to right:-Haruo Wada, General Sercretary, DOMEI KAIGI-Walter P. REuther-Ray Ross-Kaoru OHTA, President, SOHYO"Tokyo, at farewell reception given by UAW delegates to express thanks to Japanese Hosts."November 24, 1962
Walter Reuther outside committee room, in group House Ways and Means on International Trade (HR9900). "Left to Right: Christian Herter, Walter Reuther, unidentified, Rep. Wilbur Mills Omar Bradley, McNamara. "March 21, 1962"
President Kennedy and Walter Reuther, head of the United Auto Workers Union, engage in a bit of animated conversation Nov. 27 at the White House. They were attending a organizational meeting of a committee named to seek ways to perpetuate the activities of the late Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and assist in achieving the goals to which she was devoted. November 27, 1962