Olaf Tveitmoe
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Olaf Anders Tveitmoe was a Norwegian-born American teacher, newspaper editor, and labor leader. Tveitmoe was a leading trade union functionary for the construction industry in the state of California
Tveitmoe c. 1912–1914
Tveitmoe c. 1912
The Union Labor Party was a San Francisco, California working class political party of the first decade of the 20th century. The organization, which endorsed the doctrine of nativism, was a powerful f
Olaf Tveitmoe
…Schmitz. Despite being considered a loyalist, however, Tveitmoe immediately refused to attend Abe Ruef's "caucus meetings," rumored to be where the Union Labor boss directed his men on how to vote. Tveitmoe still supported Schmitz for the Union Labor nomination in 1907 against reformist challenger Michael…
Workers on the San Francisco waterfront in 1901.
Members of the first Labor Party ticket in San Francisco, November 1901. Eugene Schmitz sits in the front row, center. Others include future Congressman William J. Wynn (top row, third from left), future Assemblyman John M. Murphy (top row, center), future Sheriff Thomas F. Finn (middle row, second from right), and future Mayor Charles Boxton (front row, second from right).