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Tremont Street, 3:15 p.m.
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 12:26am.
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January 23, 1917. Boston, Massachusetts. "G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., 67 Bromfield Street. Said 14 years old. Gets $5 a week wages, and makes $2.50 a week in tips. Taken at 3:15 p.m. on Tremont Street." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Mass. dealer plate
Submitted by Ross on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 3:52pm.
The suffix "E" indicates the fifth plate issued to dealer No. 2.
MA Plates
Submitted by Central Harlem Anonymous on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 12:56pm.
If you move to Massachusetts, you too could have a two or three digit license plate.
Many "low number" license plates are still in circulation there, and they have become status symbols. A few are well known and have remained in the same hands for decades (the plates belonging to senior religious or governmental officials, or a few wealthy families). Others circulate, and are available by lottery.
License plate
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 10:59am.
Three digits. Talk about an early adopter!
Messenger Boy
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 4:30am.
$7.50 a week was good money for a 14-year old in 1917 and probably more than many adults earned. Today it would be equivalent to about $125 according to the Federal Reserve Consumer Price Index calculator for the comparative value of a dollar. This boy was probably proud to be able to help his family financially.
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