Skudsmaalsbog for Thyra Jensen (Danish Employment Character Reference Book)

Jensen, Thyra

Verlag: (Nyborg, Denmark), 1880

Beschreibung

Title page printed with date of 1880, but handwritten references within all date from 1908 to 1918. Unpublished personal booklet with place of publication/use taken from the Nyborg Police Station rubberstamp (1918) noted within - and not from the publishers location. Quarter black cloth with brown paper over stiff card, sewn binding with string bound wax seal sewn through textblock, narrow 16mo (5-7/8 inches tall), pp. [1]-48, pages 1-6 with printed text, 7-10 with manuscript references, rest are blank. Volume with light wear, some toning, occasional spotting and a few light creases. "Following confirmation [affirming one's baptismal pledge as a Christian], only a few lucky young people had additional schooling or were able to find apprenticeships. The vast majority were given a Skudsmaalsbog, or Employment Character Reference Book in which all future employment was to be recorded, and left home to work, often as farm hands and domestic servants. Without proof of confirmation one could not find work and would have to beg for a living, which was illegal." Jesper Jacobsen, Museum of Danish America. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2938

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Skudsmaalsbog for Thyra Jensen (Danish ...

Verlag: (Nyborg, Denmark)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Einband: Card Stock

Zustand: Very Good