Tacoma, Puget Sound, and the San Juan Islands, Washington / Where and Why Liberty Bonds Are Made / Lace Making

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Tacoma, Puget Sound, and the San Juan Islands, Washington / Where and Why Liberty Bonds Are Made / Lace Making Produced: 1917

Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Temple of Justice.” “Home of the first governor of Washington and --” Frame house - Governor’s Mansion - man and wagon in driveway - car drives away from covered portico at side of mansion. “And now that we’ve ‘done Tacoma’ we’ll go aboard the good ship ‘Potlatch’ for a cruise along the Hood Canal.” Views along canal - tourists on deck of ship. “Weary Willie joins the ship.” Man leaning against rail - wooded shorelines. “There’s fine fishing up in the mountains so at Brinnon the Isaac Waltons left our party.” Ship at dock - people disembark. “We make a short landing at Seabeck, a popular summer resort.” “For years scientists have been baffled by the peculiar action of Washington waterfalls. Coursing regularly clown precipitous cliffs --” Waterfall - canal - tourists on deck - scenes along canal. “Old Glory casts her protecting shadow in our wake.” Rowboat approaches ship. “Northward through Puget Sound we come to the San Juan Islands, a group of 172 Islands famous for their scenic beauty.” “In early days when smuggling was an art these friendly inlets furnished an ideal hiding place for the trafficker who sought to evade the watchful eye of Uncle Sam.” [1917] b. “Today your nation appeals to you through the purchase of Liberty Bonds for a victory over Prussianism. Will you help ring the Liberty Bell again? Buy Liberty Bonds!” Flag waving in breeze, soldiers marching superimposed. “Liberty Bond makers out for lunch.” People leave building - streetcar, automobile traffic. “Now you’ve seen how the bonds are made, let’s see what the nation does with the money you loan it.” Crowd - signs include, ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ and ‘Go Ahead Farragut.’ “They must be fed! -- The money you invested in Liberty Bonds will feed them.” Sailors eating in Navy mess. “They must be clothed! The money you invested in Liberty Bonds will clothe them.” Recruits issued uniforms in Ships Stores. “They must be armed and supplied with ammunition and the thousand and one necessities that go to keep an efficient winning American Army in France! The money you invest in Liberty Bonds will do it.” Soldiers march in city street - spectators. “Ships must be built to carry them to France. The money you invest in Liberty Bonds will build ships.” Ship under construction - biplanes on airfield - one takes off. “Big guns for coast defense must be built. Your investment in Liberty Bonds will do it.” Cannon on railroad car - boys sit by train track - train stops, soldiers jump off cannon and freight car. “Battleships must be constructed and equipped. Your investment in Liberty Bonds will do it.” Battleship - submarine. [1917] c. “Lace making as an art dates well back into history. As a fad it enjoyed a popularity among the masculine dandies of the 16th century never dared by our modern Beau Brummels for none other than Henry II posed most beautifully in falling lace collar and jabot of needlepoint lace.” Portrait of Henry II. “…lace is now manufactured by the mile…transferring yarn from spindles to bobbins.” Woman, workers in lace factory. “Threading the bobbin automatically. Work originally done by hand.” “Winding the bobbin; 120 yards of continuous thread, the bobbin thread is most important as it holds all other threads together.” Rack full of bobbins being threaded. “Weaving curtains. The largest lace curtain loom in the world weaving eight single curtains 47 inches wide at one time and 700 pairs in one day. 15,120 threads are used in weaving.” “Jacquards. The design is produced from the Jacquard which selects the threads and places them in position so that when the bobbin passes between the warps it binds them together completing the curtain.” Loom in operation - worker poses. [1917]

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