Lech Walesa receives bust of Lincoln, New York City, 1989.

Leaders of the United Federation of Teachers join Governor Mario Cuomo to present a bust of Abraham Lincoln to Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa. The presentation was a follow-up to a visit by Polish school teachers earlier in the year, when Governor Cuomo had promised to make Lincoln's writings on democracy available in Polish.

Left to right : UFT President Albert Shanker, unidentified, Walesa, Tom Hobart, president of the N. Y. State Federation of Teachers, UFT Secretary-Treasurer Sandra Feldman and New York State Governor Mario Cuomo.

New York City Central Labor Council Collection.