John L. Lewis autograph signature on a small card measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.5 inches. The card is signed in bold ink and dated July 27, 1921, with the printed subscription text identifying the autograph as prepared for Miss Helen Hull Monnette of Los Angeles, California. The signature is strong and with light age toning.
Accompanied by the original addressed and postmarked mailing envelope, sent to Miss Helen Hull Monnette at 350 South Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, California, and postmarked Indianapolis, Indiana, July 27, 1921. The envelope bears the original U.S. postage stamp and cancellation.
John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which organized millions of industrial workers during the Great Depression, from 1935 to 1940. Lewis was a major figure in the history of coal mining and the American labor movement; his supporters credited him with high wages, pensions, and medical benefits in the mining industry. Throughout his public life, Lewis was a popular subject of caricature and symbol of the American labor movement.
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