"Writers Guild of America On Strike" Sign, 2023

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Picket sign

Date Made

2023

Subject Date

May 2023-June 2023

Creators

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

Signs printed by The Union Press in Monterey Park, California and The Harman Press in North Hollywood, California. Illustration by Richard Naing.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.165.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paperboard
Wood (Plant material)
Duct tape

Color

Black (Color)
Red
White (Color)
Tan (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 24 in (sign)
Width: 18 in (sign)
Height: 54.125 in (stick)
Width: 1.625 in (stick)
Length: 0.1875 in (stick)

Inscriptions

printed on one side: WRITERS GUILD / ON / STRIKE / ALLIED PRINTING / (R) TRADES (UNION / LABEL) COUNCIL 320 / SOUTHERN CALIF. printed on one side: WRITERS / GUILD OF / AMERICA / ON / STRIKE / ALLIED PRINTING / (R) TRADES (UNION / LABEL) COUNCIL 28 / SOUTHERN CALIF. on stick: Richard Naing

Keywords	United States, California, Hollywood Picket signs Placards (Information artifacts) Sticks (Object genre) Picketing Norma Rae (Motion picture: 1979) Writers Guild of America Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers Screenwriters Strikes (Events)