3.2002.2092.1: Industrial Problems, Coöperation: France. Lille. "L'Union": Coöperative Societies, France: L'Union, Lille.: Founded 1892 by socialist workingmen. It began with a bakery supplying 36 members, has now in 1907, 6500 members consuming annually 3 million loaves of bread. 2% of the gross turnovers is deducted for social work. This includes in equal proportions grants to sick, injured, or needy members; grants to propagandist or educational work; and for the diffusion of socialist doctrines. Help to members is given in bread and groceries only; extending, if necessary, over a period of 12 weeks. This fund is also available during strikes, when members receive help in proportion to their purchases.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

3.2002.2092.1

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Industrial Problems, Coöperation: France. Lille. "L'Union": Coöperative Societies, France: L'Union, Lille.: Founded 1892 by socialist workingmen. It began with a bakery supplying 36 members, has now in 1907, 6500 members consuming annually 3 million loaves of bread. 2% of the gross turnovers is deducted for social work. This includes in equal proportions grants to sick, injured, or needy members; grants to propagandist or educational work; and for the diffusion of socialist doctrines. Help to members is given in bread and groceries only; extending, if necessary, over a period of 12 weeks. This fund is also available during strikes, when members receive help in proportion to their purchases.

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1907

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Lille

Culture

French?

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/11252

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 13.2 x 10 cm (5 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

3.2002.2092.1

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Social Museum Collection

Related Works

• 3.2002.2092

  Unidentified Artist

  Industrial Problems, Coöperation: France. Lille and Marausson. "L'Union": Coöperative Societies, France

  Photographs

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