Eight of the 800 ERA workers, payless since last Thursday, who massed in front of the ERA headquarters in Cambridge yesterday to demand food or money, whiling away their playing cards as they await answer from Charles J. McMenimen, ERA administrator for Cambridge. McMenimen said he could pay only 200 until he received more money from Boston.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Eight of the 800 ERA workers, payless since last Thursday, who massed in front of the ERA headquarters in Cambridge yesterday to demand food or money, whiling away their playing cards as they await answer from Charles J. McMenimen, ERA administrator for Cambridge. McMenimen said he could pay only 200 until he received more money from Boston.

[ca. August 1935]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Depression Era: Mass.

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