Geo. W. Crane
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- Feb 4, 1885The Shadowy 'Dynamiters' and the Seattle Employment CrisisWhile international fears of dynamite conspiracies gripped 1885, a local Seattle employment agency quietly documented the harsh reality of thousands of men out of work, desperate, and struggling in the wake of an ironworks decline.Washington Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 5, 1885The Daily Hustle in 1884: Seattle’s Employment MarketA local advertisement offers a window into the hard-pressed economic life of the 1880s, where employment bureaus doubled as commercial clearinghouses for everything from Chinese hop pickers to ship crews.Washington Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 23, 1885The Shadow Over the Hop HarvestA recruitment advertisement for labor captures the simmering racial tensions and exclusionary practices of the 1885 Washington hop fields.Washington Street, Seattle, WA