1931 ALS from a woman working in a Gary, Indiana garment factory to a former coworker, who married and moved to Tennessee.

[4]p letter in original postmarked cover, 1931. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Neal Midgett, 1503 Bryan St., Old Hickory, Tennessee; postmarked July 30, 1931. A warm and casual letter updating her on “the old place”—idle gossip and chatter that isn’t particularly intimate, but reflects a nuanced bond between women who have shared a work experience rather than a traditional friendship. She uses a code name for a coworker (“Angelic Voice”), pokes fun at the incompetence of managers (“you should see the things he cuts…”) and shows an understanding of workplace politics, noting one worker who she supposed was fired for “getting too good to the girls.” Eleanor comes across as bubbly but smart and independent—she can’t imagine getting married anytime soon, she’s chopped off her hair, and she even uses cool slang like “Eh wot”! There is no mention of family or weather or other typical epistolary fodder. Instead, the letter is remarkable for the detail about the machinery and factory setup,