Airdrie Greenhouse Lodge of Free Gardeners Printing Plate, 1800s

Printing plate for invitation to a general meeting of the Airdrie Greenhouse Lodge of Free Gardeners. Top half depicts coat-of-arms and various Free Gardener symbols. Invitation details all inside a foliage frame. Friendly societies were self-help organisations for working people; providing death and sickness benefits before the creation of the Welfare State. They were organised along trade lines, and were thus the ancestors of trade unions.

Museum reference:
MLC-1991-2
Date:
1800 - 1899
Made by:
Mack and Smith
Place Made:
Glasgow
Associated with:
1800 - 1899 · Airdrie Greenhouse Lodge of Free Gardeners · Airdrie


Dimensions:
height: 270mm
width: 208mm
Materials:
Copper
Inscriptions:
Mack & Smith Glasgow

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