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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1911
Page
4
Classified ads list a wide range of job seekers including colored and white men and women seeking various work. Entries describe experience as cooks clerks drivers janitors porters waiters and general laborers with notes on references age race and availability. Several offer willing relocation and note proximity to Washington DC areas with contact details and times for interviews.
Classified notice listing colored women seeking domestic work roles including chambermaid housework cooking and private family help. Entries name ages descriptions locations and references with varying hours days and rates and emphasize experience and good references.
Classified column shows numerous requests for female workers including nurses, chambermaids, seamstresses, sewing, and general housework. Entries name addresses in Northwest and nearby avenues with hours, days, or travel willingness, and note color or race in some requests. Frequencies include private-family care, typing, stenography, and waitressing positions, with several ads seeking flexible or part time arrangements.
A long list of 19th century help wanted notices offering washing, ironing, laundry, and related domestic work. Positions include laundress and laundress for home or out, cleaning, housework, and cook duties. Several entries specify color and class, with addresses across NW and SW Washington, DC. Many request day or half day work by colored women or neat young women, with street locations such as 16th St NW, 26th, 2nd, 34th St NW, and others.
Classified ad offers daily or weekly laundry and housework by a first class colored woman. Various addresses in Washington DC area listed for immediate hire.
Classified notice offering furnished rooms and accommodations in Potomac at 1320 G Street. Lists rooms, apartments, houses, and hotels with free cheerful information provided.
Numerous furnished front rooms and alcove rooms listed for rent in northwest Washington. Each unit features steam heat, hot water, private baths or shared facilities, and varying amenities. Prices range from about $5 to $15 per week with multiple rooms available on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th streets NW and surrounding avenues. Names and addresses include The Brunswick, The Hillside, The Magnolia, Corcoran Street, Euclid Street NW, and 1415 Chapin Street with private families or gentlemen tenants noted.
A crowded page of room for rent listings in Northwest and surrounding streets shows numerous furnished rooms with board, steam heat, and private baths. Prices range from about $3 to $20 monthly, with many single rooms near transit lines and parks advertised for singles and couples.
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