two envelopes with advertisements:

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Pittsburgh PA, Isaac Hirsch, 1894, 1896

fine

1894, 1896 two monthly pay envelopes for G. Walker at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Pittsburgh PA. Printed with an advertisement for Max Schamberg & Co.’s steamship office, and a German language newspaper, Pittsburgh Volksblatt, begun 1859. The Schamberg company was established 1867 and sold in 1887 to Isaac Hirsch (1859-1942) who established a publishing business and was president of the German American Newspaper publishers Association. The Ford City Glass Works of Pittsburgh Plate Glass opened in 1887. The employee #1527, G. Walker, earned $24.24 in the week of December 15, 1894 and had no deductions for rent, or items bought at the company store, or donations to the Aid Association, or Doctor visits. Each 5.5”x3”