Box 1
Contains 41 Results:
Item 3: Fixers room
193-?. Image shows interior room of mill with unidentified machinery. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 4: Machine shop
193-?. Image shows machine shop in mill, with male employees engaged at various machines. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23.5 x 18 (w/out mount); 25.5 x 18 cm. (w/mount).
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 1: Comb buffing wheel, 1934
1934. Image depicts the interior of the mill, with comb buffing wheels visible. Note the fancy stools in front of each machine. See item 2 in this folder for a photo of employees at the comb buffing wheels. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 24 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 25.5 x 18 cm. (w/mount).
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 2: Comb buffing room
193-?. Image depicts comb buffing room in the mill, where female employees sit at the comb buffing wheels. See item 1 in this folder for a photo of the wheels without employees. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 24.5 x 19 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 3: Wheel buffing machine
193-?. Image depicts a wheel buffing macine. This was an old style feed roll unit showing the application ofr wax. Female operator is identified on reverse of photo as Nellie Guthrie. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 20.5 x 25.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 4: Another view of comb buffing room
193-?. Image depicts female employees at comb buffing machines. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23.5 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 25.5 x 18 cm. (w/mount). Number of machines and employees smaller than in folder 5, item 1 photograph.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 5: Automation comes to the buffing room
193-?. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 24 x 19 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 6: Remodeled old-style feed head buffing machine
193-?. Image depicts female employee (identified on reverse of photo as Hilda Alfond) at buffing machine. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 25 x 20.5 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 7: Transfer between comb buffing machines, 1931-1939
Saunders Studio, 467 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass. photographers. Image shows interior of mill room with two machines linked by a conveyor belt (note the combs on the conveyor belt). The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23.5 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 25.5 x 18 cm. (w/mount).
Format: Black and White photograph.
Item 8: Automatic comb buffing machine, 1931-1939
Image shows interior of mill room with automatic comb buffing machine; note box with finished combs in foreground. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23.5 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 25.5 x 18 cm. (w/mount).
Format: Black and White photograph.