@wayfarming: And this is why I love collecting textiles! What a score. These are linen tea towels from the great depression era, sold between 1933-35. They have a blue eagle National Recovery Association sticker, meaning the company was adhering to that program’s « fair competition » standards including a minimum wage, maximum work week, and so on. The public was urged to buy products from companies displaying that blue eagle, as they were supporting the recovery effort. These kinds of programs meant a huge deal to families is like mine, and it is just incredible to hold these towels almost a century later. #Linen #textiles #FDR #History #fyp to the workplace standards, including a 40 hour work week, minimum wage, and so on. which stands for the national recovery Association… And businesses would use these stickers, indicate that they were supporting the labor and workplace standards Ushered in by FDR to guarantee things like a minimum wage, maximum work week, and so on.

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