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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.

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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.

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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.

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193-?. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 24 x 19 cm.

Format: Black and White photograph.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Saunders Studio, 467 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., October 30, 1936. Image depicts construction of brick area around boiler (boiler itself is not visible). The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23.5 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 26 x 18 cm. (w/mount).

Format: Black and White photograph.

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193-?. Image shows several transformers lined up outside a mill building; note the workhorse at the far left. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 24 x 19 cm.

Format: Black and White photograph.

Scope and Contents No. 1 cal'd (calender?) mill line. 193-?. Image shows machinery loaded onto a flatbed railroad car outside the mill building; three men stand off to the right. The machinery was made by Vaughn, probably the Vaughn Machinery Co. of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, which made vulcanizing presses. The Bolta Rubber Co. of Lawrence, Mass., manufactured hard rubber goods. 23 x 18 cm. (w/out mount); 25 x 18 cm. (w/mount). See item 4 in this folder for a photo of the machinery in place in the mill....