Stitching Boltropes at Paulsen-Webber Cordage Corporation, Sunbury, PA, 1945

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, PA, Sunbury
1945-11-23
10 x 8 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on November 23, 1945. Image of man stitching boltropes at Paulsen-Webber Cordage Corporation, Sunbury, PA. Visible in image: man sitting on sailmaking bench with sail on his lap and using a sail palm to stitch the boltrope onto the sail, coils of cordage, completed sails and other sailmaking material in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “60855 11/23/45 / 2795-6 / E M Freystadt & Assoc Interior Paulsen-Webber Cordage Co“.

1984.187.60855

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection