Handwritten caption: "Labor Day, 1905, Elitch's Gardens."
This real photo postcard wasn't postally used, and there's no address, message, or postmark on the other side that might help identify these three individuals.
According to Wikipedia, "Elitch Gardens was a family-owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood in northwest Denver, Colorado, United States, at 38th and Tennyson streets."
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See also a cropped version of this double Labor Day illustration, which would have been cut apart for use as inserts in pinback buttons.
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A printed insert for a Labor Day pinback button. See also the original uncut double print.
Labor Day
There Is strength in union.
Labor omnia vincit. [Latin for "Work conquers all."]
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Handwritten message on the back of this real photo postcard (no address or postmark): "My dear Aunt Clara, this post card was taken in Bridgeton on Labor Day. See if you can find me. Clarence."
The AZO stamp box on the other side (four corner triangles pointing up) suggests a date as early as 1904 to 1918.
Clarence and his marching band probably played in Bridgeton, New Jersey. I took a close look at the uniforms, music sheets, and drumhead but wasn't able to spot any names, insignia, or other details that would help to confirm the location or identify the band.
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"Bristol County Association. G.A.R. Clambake. Riverview Park, Labor Day. Seat No. 332."
Handwritten additions to the front of this ticket: "C. L. Deane & J.D.H. Jr. Sep. 6/88. (over.)"
Handwritten note on the back (see below): "Worst clam bake I ever went to. Tables set in open field. Broiling hot sun. Clams half done. One waiter to our table. Everything in the bake was smoky. Everybody disgusted. C. L. Deane."
"C. L. Deane" was clearly displeased with the food and service at the clambake that he and "J.D.H. Jr." attended as part of an early observance of Labor Day in 1888. The Bristol County Association, based in Bristol County, Massachusetts, was a local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), an American Civil War veterans' organization.
C. L. Deane may have been Charles Learned Deane (1871-1955). If so, he would have been only 17 years old when he registered his complaints about the clambake on his ticket for seat no. 332.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Labor Day Clambake Ticket, Bristol County Association of the G.A.R., Sept. 6, 1888.
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