Bringing the Daily Worker to the World: Images from the Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection
July 29-September 12, 2025 Bobst Library, 2nd Floor Special Collections Galleries
Bringing the Daily Worker to the World highlights newly digitized images from the Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection. The Daily Worker and People’s World covered nearly every major story of the 20th century, speaking broadly to all aspects of the American Left. Worker and World photographers captured stories of labor, immigration, race, class, and political culture in the United States, including historic and watershed events. With support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), nearly 185,000 images from the Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection are now available digitally and publicly for the first time. Digitization of the images was largely performed by students working in the Digital Library Technology Services Lab. The exhibition features images chosen by the student employees themselves, alongside original creative works inspired by their labor on the project.
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