Posted on by Tobias HigbieReading & the Working-Class Public Sphere Members of ILGWU Local 62 read together in the union’s comfortable reading room.A Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company advertisement that appeared in the Labor Herald, a magazine associated with the communist movement, early 1920s.Pocket-sized Haldeman-Julius Little Blue Books sold for 5-10 cents each and popular among working-class readers.Chicago’s bohemian Dill Pickle Club welcomed mixed crowds of radicals, artists, and the curious. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
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