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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
4
Classified text shows a jumble of job sought ads for women and men, listing ages, addresses, contact details, and varied work experiences. The readable fragments indicate employment requests with phone numbers, locations, and expected duties. tone resembles 1940s classifieds.
Historic classified ad excerpt lists numerous job requests by race and gender including chambermaids, housework, nurses, waitresses, cooks, and steno typists. It shows extensive labor market segregation with color lines and specific city addresses, wages, and duties across private families and boarding houses.
Classified listing shows numerous entries seeking washing and laundry work, ironing, and house cleaning by women of color and other workers. Advertisements offer take-home work or day jobs, with several outlets in various streets and neighborhoods.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in private homes and apartments around Washington DC. Features include private baths, heat, gas, electric light, hot water, and southern exposure. Prices range from about $6 to $9 per week or month, with varying conveniences and proximity to stations and car lines. Names of streets and buildings are inconsistently legible. many entries emphasize privacy, quiet, and reasonable rents for single or couple occupants.
Sparse OCR lists numerous rooms for rent in NW DC with private baths, heat, electric, and board options. Names, streets, and prices appear inconsistently but indicate frequent single and shared room vacancies, many near central neighborhoods, offering private family or gentleman accommodations and various amenities.
A garbled hotel style room listing describes rent with board across multiple streets and rooms. It mentions several locations such as 1PM ST RW and 114, with references to select boards, boarder options, and a front room. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors.
Furnished and unfurnished rooms available with table board options. Boarders wanted for house sharing and exchange arrangements. Location details and contact information unreadable in the snippet.
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