Carpenters, what do you want? steady work, good pay, good prices, eight hours a day, and decent treatment? Wells Memorial Hall, 987 Washington Street, Monday evening, April 15th

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Construction
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Construction - General - Folder 1
Carpenters, what do you want? steady work, good pay, good prices, eight hours a day, and decent treatment? Wells Memorial Hall, 987 Washington Street, Monday evening, April 15th
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Construction
    - General
      - Construction - General - Folder 1
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        Label for S.Z. Leslie & Co., stair builder, Railroad Avenue, corner Walter Street, Hyde Park, Mass., undated
        Trade card for S.Z. Leslie, stair builder, Railroad Avenue, corner Walter Street, Hyde Park, Mass., undated
        Billhead for A.E. Hall, Dr., fire insurance agency, 31 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 10, 1882
        Billhead for John H. Sanborn, Dr., builder and contractor, rear of Masonic Temple, Concord, New Hampshire, dated December 22, 1898
        Billhead for Mead, Mason & Co., Dr., builders, 47 Center Street, Concord, New Hampshire, dated January 1, 1891
        Billhead for Enoch T. Kent, plastering & saddlers' hair, lime, cement, calcined plaster, 64 & 66 Fulton Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 28, 1881
        Billhead for McLaughlin & Logue, Dr., carpenters, 71 West Dedham Street, Boston, Mass, dated November, 1882
        Billhead for Soule & Seaborn, Dr., carpenters & builders, No. 4 Lowell Place, Boston, Mass., dated May 10, 1877
        Billhead for Jacob Krumscheid, Dr., carpenter & jobber, 73 West Dedham Street, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1878
        Billhead for Parkers & Barnes, Dr., composition roofers, 142 Charles Street and 22 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 23, 1883
        Billhead for Parkers & Barnes, Dr., composition roofers, 142 Charles Street and 22 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 22, 1883
        Billhead for C.S. Parker & Sons, Dr., roofers, 142 Charles and 35 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 14, 1879
        Billhead for McLaughlin & Logue, Dr., carpenters, 71 West Dedham Street, Boston, Mass., dated October, 1883
        Billhead for McLaughlin & Logue, carpenters, 75 West Dedham Street, Boston, Mass, dated June, 1876
        Billhead for Morse & Gipson, Dr., masons, plasterers and jobbers, Office No. 4 Lowell Place, Boston, Mass., dated April 25, 1877
        Carpenters, what do you want? steady work, good pay, good prices, eight hours a day, and decent treatment? Wells Memorial Hall, 987 Washington Street, Monday evening, April 15th (current record)
        Circular, The Berlin Iron Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn., 1890 December 1
        Billhead for John Flanagan & Co., Dr., slate & metal roofers, 205 Cambridge St., Boston, Mass., 1875
        Trade card for Jacob Quincer Co., Redwood, N.Y., undated
        Postcard for Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Description

The card is an invitation to carpenters to attend a union organizing meeting. P.J. McGuire, an early labor organizer, is listed on the card as is Harry Lloyd of Union 33. Music was provided by the Lyceum Orchestra. The card verso has an appeal to carpenters and joiners to consider their circumstances and attend the meeting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
trade unions
carpenters
joiners
invitations

Physical Description

1 invitation ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.026.01.01.018

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., April 11, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

invitations

Other People

McGuire, P. J. (Peter James), 1852-1906

Other Organizations

Wells Memorial Workingmens Institute (Boston, Mass.)
American Federation of Labor

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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