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Mortimer, Harry
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Mortimer, Harry ( Henry Mortimer) (
b Hebden Bridge, Yorks., 1902;
d London, 1992). Eng. brass-band conductor and trumpeter. Member of celebrated brass-band family. Cornet-player at 7. Trumpeter in Hallé Orch. (under Harty) 1926–30, Liverpool PO 1930–4, BBC Northern Orch. 1935–42. Cond. several championship brass bands, incl. Foden's, Fairey Aviation, Munn and Felton's, Morris Motors, and Black Dyke Mills. Brass and military bands supervisor, BBC 1942–64. CBE 1984.
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LABOR OF LOVE; Plaza dedication, march honor labor pioneer Harry Bridges.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 7/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...paper showed labor leader Harry Bridges at a rally in 1965. In...San Francisco will mark Harry Bridges' 100th birthday...thin, with a beak nose, Bridges never lost his Australian...raising $500,000 for a Harry Bridges monument, to...
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Actor brings labor's Harry Bridges to life; One-man show provides warts-and-all portrait of S.F. legend.(BAY AREA)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 7/9/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Carl T. Hall The late Harry Bridges, a name that will never...people even know who Bridges was, let alone anything...boring show. And if Bridges hated anything, it was...Harry Bridges., (2) Harry Bridges is considered...
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Harry Bridges, RIP. (obituary)
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/30/1990; 700+ words
; HOW that Harry Bridges is dead, the city of San Francisco rises...was no man in California as critical as Harry Bridges to the life of San Francisco...point the question seriously arose whether Harry Bridges would permit the use of U.S...
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Harry Bridges May Earn Permanent Honor at Waterfront / Plaza would get labor leader's name.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...kick him out of the country. Now, Harry Bridges may get his name plastered onto a...about his many contributions." "Harry Bridges played a major role in bringing...noted that "some people still hate Harry Bridges." Ammiano called the idea...
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'Harry Bridges Day'.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 7/28/2001; 636 words
; ...has been declared "Harry Bridges Day" in San...Gray Davis. And, Bridges' admirers are raising...union strongholds. To Bridge's undying credit...the 88-year-old Bridges had outlived most of...presidency in 1977, Bridge's observed: "I...CAPTION(S): Harry Bridges, 1939 / ...
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Marxist Harry Bridges, 88, led longshoremen's union
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/31/1990; ; 700+ words
; SAN FANCISCO - Harry Bridges, an ardent Marxist and supporter of...Danny Beagle, spokesman for Mr. Bridges' longshoremen's union, said its...decades, died of emphysema. Mr. Bridges was once one of the most feared and...
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Film screening honors Harry Bridges
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 9/3/2005; ; 412 words
; ...homage to dockworkers' union pioneer Harry Bridges will screen Sunday at the Warner...Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Harry Bridges Institute organized the screening...resolution proclaiming Sept. 4 as Harry Bridges Day. Other port cities such...
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Scally caps and Harry Bridges inspire some longshore lore
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 4/22/2002; 647 words
; Scally caps and Harry Bridges inspire some longshore lore A quarterback...speaking of longshoremen, let's discuss Harry Bridges. I was at Oceanfront Donuts...that included one from Feb. 28, 1960. Harry Bridges was telling stories. When a...
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ASK US | Q: Harry Bridges monument
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 6/3/2003; ; 458 words
; DAILY BREEZE Q: Harry Bridges monument On the corner of Neptune and Harry Bridges Boulevard there was a monument to Harry Bridges, the honored longshoreman, and I noticed driving down the road that the monument is not there. What happened to...
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Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union.
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Thankfully, Berry Minott's film, Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union, is the kind...through three bracketed periods of Bridges's life. This device makes particular...Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), Bridges is never portrayed as above or beyond...
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Harry A.R. Bridges
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Harry A.R. Bridges The American labor leader Harry A.R. Bridges (1901-1990) became one of the best known...the Pacific Coast. For more than 40 years (1934 to 1979) Harry Bridges earned a reputation as one of the most radical, astute...
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Harry Bridges
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Harry Bridges (Alfred Renton Bridges), 1901-90, American labor leader, b. Melbourne, Australia...Francisco, he became a longshoreman and militant labor organizer. Bridges led (1934) the West Coast maritime workers' strike, which...
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Mortimer, Harry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Mortimer, Harry ( Henry Mortimer ) ( b Hebden Bridge, Yorks., 1902; d London, 1992). Eng. brass-band conductor and trumpeter. Member of celebrated brass-band family...
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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...entrenched militant leaders like Harry Bridges, who became president of the San Francisco ILA local in 1936. In 1936, Bridges entered into dispute with East Coast...finalized when ILWU members elected Harry Bridges as their president. Because...
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Perkins, Frances 1882-1965
Book article from: American Decades
...to initiate proceedings to deport Harry Bridges, the Australian-born leader of...s Union. An alleged Communist, Bridges led a long and costly general strike...Department, believing that President Harry S Truman should have his own cabinet...
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