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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
45
Classified page lists numerous help ads and apprenticeship offers. Positions include apprentice tinsmith, plumber, printing office, auto shop, bakery driver, bellboy, waiter, and general boy, with ages ranging from 15 to 19 and emphasized honesty, good refs, and willingness to work. Many ads specify race and location, reflecting era norms.
An eclectic late 19th or early 20th century help wanted page shows numerous job ads for cooks clerks drivers and other trades. Applicants seek positions in private homes hotels stores and firms with color coded notes and abundant references.
A long OCR classified page lists many single line adverts for employment. It includes male and colored workers seeking all kinds of labor from furnace work to general yard help and janitorial positions, housework, hotel staff, inside work, and labor by white and colored men. Several entries specify ages, references, and contact details with addresses around Washington DC neighborhoods.
A dense OCR of laborer and related job ads, listing colored and white men seeking any kind of labor, inside or outdoor work, with addresses in Washington DC areas such as Navy Yard, Anacostia, F Street, 8th Street, and 14th Street. Entries include laborer positions, drivers, porters, messengers, apprentices, painters, and office helpers with notes on willingness, strength, and sobriety. Many ads specify race, location, and pay willingness, reflecting era employment notices.
A long OCR listing shows multiple colored men seeking positions in painting plastering plastering and whitewashing paper hanging carpentry plumbing plasterer porter chauffeur and other trades. Entries include references and contact notes across city addresses such as Sheridan Ave, G St NW, 4th St SE, Navy Place, and 12th Pl SE with roles from painter to porter to barber and stove repairers.
Numerous help wanted ads from a historical Washington DC listing. White and colored workers seek positions as steampitters, stenographers, store boys, waiters, butlers, watchmen, chambermaids, bookkeepers, tailors, upholsterers, drivers, and more across households, hotels, grocers, and firms with references and hours after school or evenings.
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