Look what my wife found in a box at her moms house in St Louis.
My wife said that her grandpa worked there most of his life.
Does it say 20 cents? Not much of a payday, but a nice memorabilia for your family.
Did you look at the date Dec. 7, 1937
http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/st_louis_car1.htm
Twenty cents??? Was he the President? [:P] I know money was worth more back then…must have been an amount that was left off of a previous check or reimbursement for something.
underworld[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Hope that wasn’t pay check for the week? Or maybe it was? after the depression and all, maybe he broke to many tools and came out of pay check?
laz57
Yes, I did look at the date. During those years a factory worker would have made $10 to $20 per hour. Check out this reference from the Michigan Historical Society http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19268_20778-52530--,00.html
If that’s true then I think it’s amazing that some factory jobs pay less than $10 per hour now.
underworld
The Michigan reference says $16.89 per week.
My error during posting, my post should have read:
During those years a factory worker would have made $10 to $20 per week.
Two things catch my attention. First, the check would be void if written for more than $200.00 and second, that even for $.20, the check required two signatures.
Regards,
John O
It was for back pay due for up to and including Nov 30th,1937 and was never cashed.
[:-^]I once saw a lady (mother with 3 little kids) in front of me in the paying line at at a discount store making a check for $.26 cents.[:-^][:-^] Reuben
Very nice piece of history.