Token
Object number2016.114.4
Retailer
F.C.I. & B. Company
Date1930-1939
MediumMetal
Credit LineGift of Sherry Murray
DescriptionOctagonal flat metal alcoholic drink token.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1.125 × 1.125 × 0.063 in. (2.9 × 2.9 × 0.2 cm)InscriptionsFront has imprinted text "GOOD FOR / 2 / DRINKS".
MarksReverse has imprinted text across center "F.C.I. & B. CO."
Historical NotesMetal token that was given to Roy Murray, Jr., by “older” employees when the plant closed. They claimed that the tokens were used to buy alcohol in the company stores in the 1930s. Sherry Murray was employed as the Director of Industrial Relations for the Pittsburgh Works of J&L/LTV from 1984-1989, where she met her husband, Roy Murray, Jr., a plant employee from 1964-1988 (retired in 2004 as Director of Collective Bargaining Serves, USWA). After it closed, she worked for a time with Alcoa in a similar leadership position. Roy’s dad, J. Roy Murray, Sr., was with the Steelworkers Organizing Committee and Local 1843 of the Steelworkers (who negotiated the first contract between the USWA and J&L Steel).
Related institution
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Previous owner
Roy Murray Jr.
Related person
Sherry Murray
Related person
Roy Murray Sr.
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