Wednesday, October 27,2021 – WE HAVE WALKED BY FOR YEARS AND ALWAYS WONDERED
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021
505th ISSUE
The unusual clock hands
on a Third Avenue
union sign
from: Ephemeral New York
There’s a little history on it: the current union came out of an original union of wood, wire, and metal lathers workers that was organized in 1897. But what really caught my eye was the street clock attached to the sign, with its streamlined, Art Deco look.
The clock hands could be tools of some kind, perhaps a tool a lather might use? (A lather installs the metal lath and gypsum lath boards that support the plaster, concrete, and stucco coatings used in construction.)
This lathe cutter looks something like the clock hands. Maybe it’s a stretch, but perhaps the clock reflects something about the work these union members do in an industry vital to the growth of the city.
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