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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1906
Page
34
A dense OCR job-ad page lists positions and applicants including stenographers secretaries clerks drivers and waiters. It shows various ages races and locations such as Alexandria and Washington DC with addresses, years of experience and references.
A fragmented 1950s era help wanted listing shows multiple positions, including housework by half, stenographer, washer, waitress, chamberwoman, cleaner, and roles for both white and colored applicants. It notes locations around Washington DC, Wisconsin avenues, and various street addresses with contact details for employment inquiries.
Classified ads seeking companions, cooks, maids, laundresses, and light domestic help in Alexandria and nearby areas. Positions include bright young colored cooks, first-class cooks, nurse maids, housekeepers, laundresses, and washer staff with references required. Several boxes and offices used for applications. Many entries specify private families, city areas, and wage ranges.
A historical classified notice listing multiple female workers seeking sewing, dressmaking, plain sewing, and household tasks by day or home service in Alexandria. Includes positions for seamstresses, dressmakers, plain sewers, and assistants with references, contact addresses in West, Payne, Alfred, and nearby streets, plus offers for washing and stenography roles.
Furnished front rooms and suites on multiple NW addresses near the post office and transit. Options include single and double rooms with or without board, gas heat, baths, and telephone. Some rooms offer light housekeeping, private family, and central location. Box 127.
A dense classified advertisement page lists numerous furnished rooms and rooms for rent in NW and NE Washington areas. Offers include single or en suite rooms with heat, bath, telephone, and near Circle and major streets. various price ranges from monthly to weekly rates. some include board, elevator access, and near public transport. Also notes large furnished rooms suitable for families or couples and several back parlors with open grate heating.
Classified notices show numerous furnished or unfurnished rooms with board offered in Northwest Washington. Listings include front rooms, parlor floors, steam heat, porcelain baths, and private family homes near streetcar lines, with rates from $5 to $65 per week or month. Several ads request single or double rooms for adults, sometimes with references or address details, and one seeks a pleasant room in a private family for a young gentleman.
A flood of short notices seeks furnished or unfurnished rooms with or without board for individuals or couples. Listings specify NW or central locations, proximity to business areas, prices up to 85 per week, 6 room apartments, private families, and board where noted. Contact via office boxes with terms.
Descriptive advertisement lists multiple Washington DC properties for sale with prices from 8 500 to 38 800. Highlights include 12 rooms and 2 baths on Conn Ave near Dupont Circle, 22 rooms with hot water heat on Mase Ave west of 17th, and a 50 ft Cleveland Park lot. Firms THOS J. FISHER & CO offers full real estate services and inventories many unoccupied flats and houses with rents listed.
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