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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1915
Page
3
Classified listings show numerous notices from women offering services as maids waitresses chambermaids cooks and houseworkers. Positions requested include hotel homes boardinghouses private families and restaurants with references and favorable contact details.
A dense list of classified style notices shows men of color in the early 20th century offering work of various kinds. Entries reference locations around hotel or cafe districts and streets such as 2117 South, 2240 1st, 9th Street NW, and Howard University, with mentions of sober educated workers, students, veterans, and men seeking day jobs, farm work, shop or garage work, painting, milking, and driver tasks.Several entries note willingness to work for experience or salary and request references or contact notes, reflecting limited employment opportunities for Black men in urban settings.
Classified ad list from a historical paper seeking female help for cooking maid and housework positions. Numerous entries detail Colored and White applicants offering cook, laundress, nurse, and general housework in private homes, boarding houses, and hotels across Washington areas, with references and living preferences.
Numerous small ads offer stenographer and typewriter services, general office work, bookkeeping, and clerical help. Several women list experience with commercial, governmental, or hotel duties, with references and modest salaries. Locations include Main, 14th, Oth, and 20th Streets in Washington DC.
Classified help wanted ads show numerous requests for washing and ironing at home or on the job by day or by week. Positions seek first class laundresses, colored women, or neat girls operating from addresses around 8th Street NW to Kalorama Road with references and varying rates.
Nicely furnished rooms with hot water heat and varying rents from 12 to 26 dollars per month. Listings include several addresses in NW and NE districts with features like bath access, steam heat, electric lighting, and single or multiple room options.
Nicely furnished second floor front rooms with new bath, hot water heat, and ballroom use. Several options listed with private homes, near Capitol and Library, including single and double rooms for gentlemen, references and reasonable rates.
Listings offer numerous rooms and suites for transients and long-term tenants from near Union Station to Capitol, with heat, hot water, and often board. Prices range around $1.25 to $3 per week per room, many front rooms with Band, telephones, and proximity to car lines or libraries noted. References to addresses include 622 New Jersey Ave NW and 1120 Euclid St, among others.
A long classified column offers furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent with board, in private houses near the White House and government buildings. Many entries include hot water, private baths, breakfast and dinner options, and transit access. some specify single or double rooms, private family settings, and reasonable rates.
A dense list of rooming house offers and wants across DC addresses. Many rooms with or without board, private baths, heat, and meals available. Some entries note proximity to Capitol, Thomas Circle, and Union Station with prices and contact box references.
An old style rental notice advertising private cylinder cars for hire by Inertial Garage Company Nort 2077. It promises chauffeur service and respectable rates for Ford touring cars Packard imperial berlin and more with hourly daily or weekly terms and phone contacts for information.
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