The Float of Local No. 1

Labor Day, September 5, 1898 · the members of St. Louis Local No. 1 with the float they built

Among Them

Point at a portrait — or tap it — to find him in the photograph above.

As the Post-Dispatch Told It

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ◆ September 11, 1898

Newspaper line engraving of the Brotherhood's Labor Day float, a canopied wagon strung with electric lamps and telegraph poles at each corner. — Float of the National Brotherhood of Electric Workers on Labor Day, Sept. 5.

THE float of the National Brotherhood of Electric Workers was one of the prettiest and most novel seen in the Labor Day parade. It was especially designed and decorated by a committee of members of the organization. The float was twelve feet long and eight feet wide. At each corner was a telegraph pole. The float was divided into two compartments. In the smaller were electric fans and a complete telephone exchange. In the larger compartment was an electric light station. The float was decorated profusely with flags and bunting.

Labor Day

Among Them

J. T. Kelly

George Weller

As the Post-Dispatch Told It