MYSTERY OBJECTS

[PanBiker]

Peep holes for doors or something?

[Stanley]

Yes Ian. That's correct. Very early fitments for seeing who is outside the door.
Next object?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Is it something to do with gas supply?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria but no. Clue, it's archaic, no longer used.

[PanBiker]

Police phone?

[Big Kev]

Yup, I believe it's called a police pillar.

[Gloria]

Some sort of alarm / siren?

[Stanley]

Ian and Kev are right. It was a phone that was used by the bobbies to report in from their beat, remember they didn't have radios in those days. They could also be used by the public to contact the police, no 999 service either... I think some were still in use at the end of WW2.
Nest object?

[Stanley]

I forgot to mention, the blue light on the top could be activated from the police station to get the bobby on the beat to call in.



Where is it and why is it significant?

[PanBiker]

Bit small to see any detail but obviously in the USA, the car is American and on the opposite side of the road. Wood building Somewhere in Minnesota?

[Big Kev]

Was there a first meeting there that started a significant event?

[Stanley]

Yes Kev. And it's in Paterson, New Jersey.....

[Big Kev]

1924 silk workers strike?

[Stanley]

Very closely related to that Kev, definitely comes under the heading of trade union activity.....

[Stanley]

If we don't have the answer by dinnertime I'll knock it on the head. Kev is so close!

[Big Kev]

The International Labor Union (ILU) held its first congress there in December 1878.

[Stanley]

You are so close Kev. What particular event is said to have happened at the Question Mark bar?

[Stanley]

Sorry, I forgot to come back. The Question Mark bar is famous for being credited with being the birthplace of the idea that led to the formation of the International Workers of the World, the IWW, also known as the Wobblies. If you've never heard of them, they are well worth a look-up. (LINK)

[Stanley]

Where was it?

[Stanley]

No takers?

[Big Kev]

Ellis Island?

[Stanley]

You're in the right ball park Kev. You were only about 1/2 a mile out! Clue, it no longer exists.....

[Big Kev]

World Trade Centre?

[Stanley]

Yes Kev. The snack bar on the top floor of WT2 when I was taken there by Ethel as part of my introduction to New York.....
Now we need another object!