International Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America

INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BILL POSTERS AND BILLERS OF AMERICA -  Bill posters pasted up, or "posted," advertising sheets for everything from circuses and political rallies to product advertisements.  This is an excellent example of a trade union burial plot.  The small, simple headstones with identical inscriptions speak of a union membership that was neither highly skilled nor highly paid.   In the days before the widespread use of private life insurance, burial privileges and allowances were an important benefit of union membership.   Such assurances provided members with the peace of mind that they would not end up in a potters field, but would receive a proper burial among their co-workers.