The Same Site
This file appears in: Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
This is the interior of the Royal Praline Company. Located at 300 Royal Street, the home of Jonte Equen used to sit at this same spot 172 years ago.
This file appears in: Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
Site 1: Jonte Equen's Home — The Birth of the Association: The Screwmen's Benevolent Association Organized
On the evening of November 18, 1850, 121 screwmen put down their jackscrews and emerged from the dark, cramped hulls that they had been toiling in since early that morning. They made their way down…