[occupational photography]
Large Photograph of Workers in the the Machine Shop at Western Rope Manufacturing Co.
8 x 10 photograph sealed in a pebbled card mat, 12 x 14 inches. Near Fine with no damage to the photo and only minor scuffing wear to the mat. Stamp to verso: "Ask for Covert Novelty Studio, Phone Osage 6165-3556." 8 figures visible if you search through the background, machinery including lathe by Universal Machinery Co. of Milwaukee. Western Rope and Manufacturing Company was incorporated in Tulsa, OK in 1917 and bankrupt by 1926.