"Pity the poor unemployed", Halifax, Yorkshire, early 20th century: cartoon of 2 men sitting dejectedly outside the closed door of & Co. workmen's entrance, a sign 'Hands wanted no unionists need apply' is on the door. A collecting box for S. Crossley & Hitching is by their feet. The postcard was published in Halifax by John Stoddart & printed by Milnes.

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