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Tampa Box Company: Great Strike in 1920 and 1921

  Partial Report of the Federal Trade Commission, pp. 4-8 The Partial Report of the Federal Trade Commission, pp. 4–8: Tampa Box Company: Great Strike in 1920 and 1921 examines the labor conflict between the Tampa Box Company and its workers during the post–World War I labor unrest in the United States. The report highlights poor working conditions, low wages, long hours, and tensions between management and organized labor that eventually led to a major strike. The FTC presents the dispute as part of the broader struggle between industrial employers and increasingly organized workers during the early 1920s. One of the report’s strengths is its detailed documentation of events, including worker grievances, company responses, and the economic pressures affecting both sides. The report also reflects the Progressive Era belief that government investigations could help expose unfair labor practices and industrial abuses. It provides useful insight into the social and economic climate ...

Big Factory at Tampa | 1907

  The Packages. v. 10 (1907).p.35

Strike Hits Box Factories | 1922

Tobacco (3 Aug 1922) p. 33  

United States Patent Office. Roland A. Wilson, of Tamipa, Florida. Humidor.

  1,012,494. Patented Dec. 19, 1911. Serial No. 626,092. 1,085,507. Patented Aug. 13, 1912. 1,054,159. Patented Feb. 25, 1913. Serial No. 664,674.

The Barrel and Box — Tampa Box Company | Oct 1915

 

Tampa Industry Gets Home Guard | 1917

NEW YORK , SATURDAY , APRIL 21 , 1917.  

The United States Tobacco Journal (Tampa Bureau)

 

Cigar City: Inquiry-Based Learning through Artifacts and Photographs

  Cigar City: Inquiry-Based Learning through artifacts and photographs 

Mr. Leiman Gives Dinner | 1904

  The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Fri, Oct 14, 1904 · Page 1

Box Factory Stormed by Drunken Rioters | 1907

  The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Thu, Oct 10, 1907 · Page 2 The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Thu, Oct 10, 1907 · Page 2

Tobacco Men to Fight New Seal for City | 1927

  The Tampa Times (Tampa, Florida) · Fri, Mar 18, 1927 · Page 9

Will Make the Palmetto Brush | 1914

  The Tampa Times (Tampa, Florida) · Sun, Sep 6, 1914 · Page 8 The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Mon, Sep 7, 1914 · Page 12

G. F. Weidman, City Business Man, Is Dead | 1932

  The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Fri, Nov 4, 1932 · Page 1

On a Joy Ride | 1915

The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Thu, Mar 18, 1915 · Page 9

Box Factory Employees Welcome the New Year | 1903

  The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · Fri, Jan 2, 1903 · Page 2

Leiman Tells of Long Trip | 1915

  The Tampa Times. Thursday September 9, 1915

Rotes Lunched at Box Factory | 1920

The Tampa Times. Tuesady May_11, 1920  

Boxmakers Walked Out | 1904

  The Tampa Tribune. Friday May 20, 1904

Henry Leiman Adds Praise for Walden | 1921

  The Tampa Tribune Monday March 21, 1921

Henry Leiman Tops List With $15,000 | 1918

  The Tampa Tribune Sunday September 29, 1918 The Tampa Times (Tampa, Florida) · Sat, Jun 23, 1917 · Page 2

Closes Box Factory on Account of Mother’s Death | 1907

  The Tampa Tribune. Tuesday, July 2, 1907 Newark Evening News - 29 Jun 1907 Sophia Müller LEIMANN (1834-1907) - Death Certificate

New Cigar Box Factory Nearing Completion | 1907

  The Tampa Tribune. Thursday Apr 25, 1907

Articles of Incorporation of the Tampa Box Company | 1906

  The Tampa Tribune. Sunday, Jan 7, 1906

Cigar Makers in Ybor Laid off Temporarily | 1907

The Weekly Tribune, Thursday, Nov 21, 1907

Proposed Charter of the Tampa Brush Company | 1914

  The Tampa Tribune: Tuesday, Nov 10, 1914

Union Gives Statement — Of Is Side of the Strike Trouble | 1904

The Tampa Tribune. Tuesday, May 24, 1904