Ropemaking: The Rope Walk

Description

Close up of ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite's, hands as he unwinds cotton warp along a rope walk, Hawes ( Wensleydale). The warp is being laid out in two strands in preparation for twisting. Forks stand at intervals along the rope walk, over which the warp strands are placed to prevent them from becoming entangled. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1243 . With typed note. Card 2 in a series of 13. Originally held in Photo File: Ropemaking.

Metadata

Identifier d9x35x9p
IRN 412182
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1242
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/d9x35x9p
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Ropemaking: Photocards
Creator(s) Kissling, Werner
Date June 1962
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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