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Cooperative: Nurturing Unity and Prosperity In the picturesque town of Vermont, amidst rolling green hills and idyllic landscapes, a creamery stood tall in 1941

Background imageCooperative Collection: Half Timbered Cooperative Houses

Half Timbered Cooperative Houses
A pair of architectural drawings showing an expansive entrance front to a half timbered building and a luxurious panelled dining hall. Date: circa 1906

Background imageCooperative Collection: Ian Mikardo, British Labour politician

Ian Mikardo, British Labour politician
Ian Mikardo (1908-1993), nicknamed Mik, British Labour and Co-operative politician, a left-wing backbench MP for four decades in the House of Commons, and a Zionist

Background imageCooperative Collection: Norman Dodds MP and Teddy boys

Norman Dodds MP and Teddy boys
Norman Noel Dodds (1903-1965), Cooperative politician pictured talking to some Teddy boys in a bar or pub. MP for Dartford from 1945-1955 and for Erith

Background imageCooperative Collection: Norman Dodds MP

Norman Dodds MP
Norman Noel Dodds (1903-1965), Labour Cooperative politician. MP for Dartford from 1945-55 and for Erith and Crayford from 1955 until his death in 1965, aged 61. Date: c.1950

Background imageCooperative Collection: Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Assoc... Natchitoches, La. 1940

Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Assoc... Natchitoches, La. 1940
Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA [Farm Security Administration], Natchitoches, Louisiana

Background imageCooperative Collection: Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee

Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1942

FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: FSA borrower and participant in the sugar cane cooperative, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941

FSA borrower and participant in the sugar cane cooperative, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower and participant in the sugar cane cooperative, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: FSA farmers working in a sugar cane field, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 1941

FSA farmers working in a sugar cane field, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Farm Security Administration farmers working in a sugar cane field, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. This is part of an FSA cooperative

Background imageCooperative Collection: Sorting and packing tomatoes at the Yauco Cooperative Tomato Growers Association, Puerto Rico, 1942

Sorting and packing tomatoes at the Yauco Cooperative Tomato Growers Association, Puerto Rico, 1942
Sorting and packing tomatoes at the Yauco Cooperative Tomato Growers Association, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: FSA borrowers harvesting sugar cane cooperatively on a farm, vicinity Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

FSA borrowers harvesting sugar cane cooperatively on a farm, vicinity Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Farm Security Administration borrowers harvesting sugar cane cooperatively on a farm, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: Tomato crates at the Yauco cooperative tomato growers association, Puerto Rico, 1942

Tomato crates at the Yauco cooperative tomato growers association, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Tomato crates at the Yauco cooperative tomato growers association, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: Washing oranges at an orange packing co-op, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Washing oranges at an orange packing co-op, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Washing oranges at an orange packing co-op, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Packing oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Packing oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Packing oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative... vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico, 1942

FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative... vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative, planting tomatoes on his farm in the hills, vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico

Background imageCooperative Collection: Operating a machine for putting tops on crates, co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943

Operating a machine for putting tops on crates, co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Operating a machine for putting tops on crates at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Loading oranges into refrigerator car at a co-op orange packing plant

Background imageCooperative Collection: Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Automatic dumper at the co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Automatic dumper at the co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Automatic dumper at the co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Drying oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Drying oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Drying oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Workman is doing the preliminary sorting, picking out the discards. Santa Fe trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943

Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Growers bringing in their crop to a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageCooperative Collection: Young farmer plowing while other co-op members... Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, 1939

Young farmer plowing while other co-op members... Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, 1939
Young farmer plowing while other co-op members work in the sawmill. The tractor does work for five member families. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op in doorway of their home. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: A new house, lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

A new house, lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new house. Lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Farm has sixty acres in tillable land, 100 acres in pasture. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Home of Claude Kanady, president of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Home of Claude Kanady, president of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Claude Kanady, president of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op. First part of this house was built a year ago. Now he is adding to it lumber from the sawmill. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Young Idaho farmer plowing... Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Young Idaho farmer plowing... Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Idaho farmer plowing in the fall of the year while the other members of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op are working in the sawmill. The tractor does work for five member families

Background imageCooperative Collection: Mineral King Cooperative Association, FSA, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mineral King Cooperative Association, FSA, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County, California. Mineral King Cooperative Association, Farm Security Administration (FSA). View of the dairy farm and herd

Background imageCooperative Collection: New homes for families on the Mineral King cooperative farms, Tulare County, California, 1939

New homes for families on the Mineral King cooperative farms, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County, California. New homes for families on the Mineral King cooperative farms. This farm is situated on the site of an old ranch

Background imageCooperative Collection: Possibly: Five Idaho farmers, members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Possibly: Five Idaho farmers, members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Five Idaho farmers, members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, in the woods standing against a load of logs ready to go down to their mill about three miles away

Background imageCooperative Collection: Road up the valley toward Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Road up the valley toward Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Road up the valley toward Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho " The Thunder Mountain gold rush went over this road

Background imageCooperative Collection: Carlock farmstead, Ola self-hHelp sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Carlock farmstead, Ola self-hHelp sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Carlock farmstead, Ola self-hHelp sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Shows new fence, new barn under construction, new house.White house seen across pasture in trees is the old family house

Background imageCooperative Collection: Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing while others work in sawmill. Gem County Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Newly-plowed fields on land... member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Newly-plowed fields on land... member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Newly-plowed fields on land belonging to member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: A new house for descendant of old Idaho family... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A new house for descendant of old Idaho family... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new house for descendant of old Idaho family, now a member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Lumber was supplied by the mill

Background imageCooperative Collection: Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho. " She likes to sit in the door and watch the geese."

Background imageCooperative Collection: Charlie Carlock, aged thirty-six, the spokesman for the group... Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Charlie Carlock, aged thirty-six, the spokesman for the group... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Charlie Carlock, aged thirty-six, the spokesman for the group who form the co-operative. He is a descendant of the early Squaw Creek Valley settlers. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: One of thirty-six members of Ola self-help sawmill cooperation, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

One of thirty-six members of Ola self-help sawmill cooperation, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of thirty-six members of Ola self-help sawmill cooperation. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Possibly: One of the thirty-six members, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Possibly: One of the thirty-six members, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: One of the thirty-six members. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. ]

Background imageCooperative Collection: Close-up of the sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Close-up of the sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Close-up of the sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: The sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Farmyard in Squaw Creek Valley, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Farmyard in Squaw Creek Valley, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmyard in Squaw Creek Valley. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Old wagon and buggy against the barn was used for mail until 1921

Background imageCooperative Collection: Possibly: The sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: The sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: The sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho]

Background imageCooperative Collection: Five members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Five members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Five members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: Road going up Squaw Creek Valley, leaving Ola, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

Road going up Squaw Creek Valley, leaving Ola, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939
Road going up Squaw Creek Valley, leaving Ola. Fence was built in 1890. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: The remains of the sawmill in a deserted mill town, Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho, 1939

The remains of the sawmill in a deserted mill town, Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The remains of the sawmill in a deserted mill town. Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: The sawmill in operation... Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939

The sawmill in operation... Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The sawmill in operation. It was built by the farmer members of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageCooperative Collection: The Carlock farmstead, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The Carlock farmstead, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Carlock farmstead. Mr. Carlock is a member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho




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Cooperative: Nurturing Unity and Prosperity In the picturesque town of Vermont, amidst rolling green hills and idyllic landscapes, a creamery stood tall in 1941. Milk cans gracefully glided along a conveyor belt, leaving behind the cleansing embrace of a washing machine. This scene epitomized the essence of cooperation - individuals coming together for a common purpose. Across the Atlantic Ocean in Reims, Champagne, a sign proudly adorned the wall of Champagne Palmer. It proclaimed their commitment to being part of something bigger - a big cooperative co-operative. Here, vineyards intertwined their roots with one another to produce exquisite champagne that delighted palates worldwide. The CIS Building on Corporation Street in Manchester was an architectural marvel that symbolized unity and collaboration. Its grandeur reflected the strength found within cooperative efforts as people from diverse backgrounds worked together under its roof. Illustrations brought to life other remarkable cooperation's impact on society. The CWS Sun Flour Mill in Trafford showcased how collective action could transform grains into sustenance for communities far and wide. Meanwhile, the CWS office building emanated efficiency and shared goals through every brick laid upon another. The CWS Grocery Sales Department floated like balloons above bustling streets; it exemplified how cooperation uplifted not only businesses but also entire neighborhoods by providing essential goods with fairness at heart. A hand-colored illustration depicted Crumpsall Biscuit factory owned by CWS – an embodiment of craftsmanship nurtured through mutual support and dedication. The Wheatsheaf Boot illustrated yet another facet where cooperation flourished—shaping industries while empowering workers who relied on each other's skills to create quality footwear for all walks of life. An information slide about Cooperation Movement shed light on its historical significance—a beacon guiding societies towards equitable practices rooted in solidarity rather than division or exploitation. A map showcasing CWS production locations revealed tendrils spreading across regions—an intricate web woven by countless hands working together to bring prosperity and progress.