“A New Consumers’ Organization"

“A New Consumers’ Organization"

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Consumer Reports. Institutional records (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

1936

“A New Consumers’ Organization", 1936. Printed flyer. Consumer Reports. Institutional records. Box 40, folder “Direct marketing.” David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

A typed document from 1936 introducing the founding of Consumers Union, a nonprofit group created to empower families with honest, pro-labor product information and protect them from unsafe or overpriced goods.