Charlestown Navy Yard/rope making. Center section of the breaker machine showing comb-like teeth that separate the hemp. The inventor got the idea from watching his wife comb her hair.

Charlestown Navy Yard/rope making. Center section of the breaker machine showing comb-like teeth that separate the hemp. The inventor got the idea from watching his wife comb her hair.

Item Information

Title:
Charlestown Navy Yard/rope making. Center section of the breaker machine showing comb-like teeth that separate the hemp. The inventor got the idea from watching his wife comb her hair.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
[ca. 1917–1934]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Glass negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Boston: Waterfront
Subjects:
Rope industry
Machinery
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Extent:
1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73s7143
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Date supplied by cataloger.
Accession #:
08_06_016863