London Jewish Bakers Union banner A banner of the London Jewish Bakers Union, front side, 1984.126 • Jewish Museum London This gorgeous treasure is a painted silk banner, made around 1925. It is one of only two surviving Jewish union banners in Britain. It is part of the Jewish Museum London‘s collection and belonged to the London Jewish Bakers’ Union, the longest lived Jewish trade union, which operated from 1905 to 1970. The banner represents a tangible link with the Jewish labour movement which flourished in London’s East End at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It was commissioned while Michael Proof, a leading militant, was the union’s secretary. The banner reminded shoppers to buy bread with the union label, which guaranteed that it was baked under acceptable working conditions. The other side of the banner has the same slogans in Yiddish, and an enlarged depiction of the union label. London Jewish Bakers Union banner, front and reverse • Jewish Museum London We love this banner for its beautiful colours, images and typography, and because of the light it sheds on Jewish industrial life and activism in London at the turn of the twentieth century. Discover more Hidden Treasures Hidden Treasures: Celebrating the documents, photos and artefacts in British archives that tell the story of Jews in Britain Jewish Museum London Cultural | Religion | SocialOnly online The Jewish Museum London is a public museum, with an archive collection of historic Jewish cultural, social and religious items. Archive Description […] Boris Bennett’s Camera Camera of the well-known wedding photographer • Jewish Museum London Yiddish Typewriter Yiddish Typewriter belonging to the playwright Abish Meisels