Tramcar Company Ledger
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This handwritten ledger (1889-1892) belonging to an unidentified tramcar company (whose President is noted as Mr. Thompson) provides information about tramcar workers employed by an unidentified company in New York City including names, rates of pay, and reasons for discharge. Some discharges are associated with a strike on January 29, 1889.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection are expected to enter the public domain in 120 years after their date of creation.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Tramcar Company Ledger; WAG 296; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Bill Nash, 2006. The accession number associated with this gift is 2005.029.