Here is a good condition, used   Brass HOLMES ( formerly in Eastport, MAINE)  sardine cannery piecework check tag or token, with number 33 .

   It came in a box lot of odds and ends form the estate of an old time Maine watchmaker.. 

  It is 1 1/2 inches across .

    EACH SARDINE PACKER WAS ASSIGNED A NUMBER , AND A BATCH OF THESE CHECKS WITH HER NUMBER ( this is number 33) . 

    SHE WOULD ATTACH A CHECK TO EACH CARTLOAD OF SARDINES SHE HAD PACKED.  AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE OFFICE WOULD CALCULATE HER WAGES BY A COUNT OF THE CHECKS.

   The wet working conditions made these checks preferable to paper tickets. Not many of these are around today, since each one represented wages for quite a lot of work. 

The Holmes Packing Co. was once a major sardine canner in Maine. 

This check was probably used in the 1920 to 1970 era. 

There have been no Maine sardine canners for over 10 years.

   I WILL MAIL THIS FIRST CLASS MAIL,IN A REGULAR ENVELOPE, WRAPPED IN PAPER, AND TAPED BETWEEN 2 CARDS.

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