Posts Tagged ‘history’

Plymouth Massachusetts / Ringling Bros Barnum Bailey Circus Cordage Ad from 1948

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Plymouth Cordage Products…

It was in a Ringling Bros Barnum Bailey Circus Program from 1948…

Plymouth Massachusetts / Ringling Bros Barnum Bailey Circus Cordage Ad from 1948….

“When the aerial artists climb to the upper reaches of the great tent, tension holds ten thousand pairs of eyes. Human lives swing and soar overhead on the supple strength of the ropes that hold them safe.

Ropes play a vital part in circus pageantry. They also perform hundreds of other hard tasks in the “Big Show,” from bracing the tents and tethering animals to safety nets, tackle and other equipment.

Circuses demand topmost quality in rope. Plymouth supplies 70 miles of ropes each year to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey alone. Most of that rope is Plymouth’s Ship Brand Manila, famous for its durable strength for hard jobs on land and sea, where ever safety counts.”

Has anyone been to Cordage Park lately? Is it still dying a slow death?

And a big shout out to Walmart for sticking Cordage Park with that big ugly building next door…

Lapointe Machine Tool Company Hudson Ma

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Photos of the Lapointe Machine Tool Company in Hudson Ma.

From an early 1920′s catalog.

And a shot of the engineering department..

Gilbertville Ma. Cotton Mill Photograph 1936?

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Gilbertville (part of Hardwick Ma.) Cotton Mill Photograph ..

I believe it to be from the mid-1930′s.

Antique Hoffman Packard Carter Combination Padlock Boston Ma 1895

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Antique Hoffman Packard Carter Combination Padlock –

Made in Boston Ma.. …

Patented Dec 3 1895 …

2 7/8″

“New” Pier Onset Massachusetts

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

“New” Pier in Onset Massachusetts.

Image is from a postcard.


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