IATSE union membership card issued to Sidney Fishman
date: label: date made
content: 1981
label: used date
content: 1982
name: label: user
content: Fishman, Steve
label: maker
content: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Pictures Operators
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Membership card for Sidney Fishman's membership in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada (IATSE) for the year 1982. The blue paper card notes that Fishman was a member of local union number I. A. and the verso bears stamps for each quarter of the year for which he paid dues. The card front is signed by Fishman, union president Walter F. Diehl, and secretary James J. Riley.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sidney Fishman worked as a property manager for theatrical productions in New York and other theaters throughout the Northeast United States from the 1950s to the 1980s. The IATSE, now operating under the full name International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, is the primary labor union for craftspeople who work in a variety of positions behind the scenes in live theatre, motion picture and television production, and trade shows in the United States and Canada. The union's history dates to 1893, when representatives of stagehands from eleven different US cities formed the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to negotiate and protect wages and working conditions in the industry. In 1998 the union's name was changed to its current iteration and five departments were established: Stagecraft, Motion Picture and Television Production, Organizing, Trade Show and Display Work, and Canadian Affairs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
label: Subject
content: Labor Unions
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated in memory of Sybil and Sidney (Steve) Fishman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0185.01
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0185.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: union card
label: Object Name
content: membership card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm