Among the many family pictures
that I have is this one. It is a picture of the St. Louis Metal Polisher and
Buffers Union preparing for the annual Labor Day parade. There is not a date on the picture but I would estimate it to be early to mid-1940. Don’t you love the decked out horse that will lead them and that they are all carrying fans to help with the heat that Labor Day. My grandfather Anthony Pointer was an active member and labor leader in this union in the 1940s in St. Louis. Tony helps organize the Metal Polishers Union in St. Louis and was instrumental in keeping it out of the mafia.
that I have is this one. It is a picture of the St. Louis Metal Polisher and
Buffers Union preparing for the annual Labor Day parade. There is not a date on the picture but I would estimate it to be early to mid-1940. Don’t you love the decked out horse that will lead them and that they are all carrying fans to help with the heat that Labor Day. My grandfather Anthony Pointer was an active member and labor leader in this union in the 1940s in St. Louis. Tony helps organize the Metal Polishers Union in St. Louis and was instrumental in keeping it out of the mafia.
Outdoor amphitheater Our Lady of the Snows One of Tony's achievements as a metal polisher was being one of the metal polishers that worked on the Doors on the Our Lady of the Snows Shrine in Bellville Illinois. He was a member of the Clifton Heights Lodge no.520 AF&AM (Mason) and Metal Polishers International Local # 13
Old Testament Doors
New Testament Doors
Yes, Even the Appel Pointer family has labor roots!
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