Rope Collection

Waterskiing slalom course

Pernell Roberts/Star Of Bonanza
(Original Caption) Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright from television series "Bonanza" 1959-1973; Roberts was in series from 1959-1965. CA. 1960s

Bull Baiting
circa 1810: A tethered bull is baited with dogs and sticks. An engraving by I Clark after Henry Alken (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Knots
Illustration of a Knots

Series of illustrations showing rhythmic gymnasts using the ribbon, hoop, ball, rope and clubs

Andree Expedition
July 1897: The ill-fated hot-air balloon expedition to the North Pole, attempted by Swedish explorer Salomon August Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel in 1897

First Aerial Photo
The first aerial photograph showing the Place de l Etoile, Paris, taken by Nadar in 1858 from an altitude of 520 meters in a tethered balloon. (Photo by Nadar/Getty Images)

Three Liners
The USS Leviathan alongside White Stars Majestic and Cunards Berengaria in Southampton Dock

Barrage Balloon
1st August 1918: A barrage balloon tethered at Queens Club, London, in the background the tents used for housing the balloons. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Docks
1893: No 1 quay at London docks. Officials are watching a ship being unloaded. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Tight Squeeze
The Port Isaac Cornwall lifeboat being dragged through the very narrow streets of the town at its launch. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Womens Trade Union
circa 1913: Suffragettes carrying the banner of the Womens Trade Union League of New York on a Labour Day Parade through the city. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Salesman with briefcase walking tightrope
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Salesman with briefcase walking tightrope

Charles Blondin Crossing Niagara Falls
(Original Caption) Niagara Falls, NY- Charles Blondin - born Jean Francois Craveler - (1824-1897) French tightrope walker making his way over the Niagara Falls

Print After a Drawing of an Artillary Park by Leonardo da Vinci
1872-Greeley, Horace: Incident of Mr. Greeley's Western Tour. An enthusiastic citizen of Hamilton, Ohio, stops Mr. Greeley's carriage and presents his child to be kissed. Drawing

Woodcut Depicting a Yankee Peddler Selling His Goods
(Original Caption) The yankee peddlar [sic] driving with wagon right into the barn

Man Pulling On Bell Rope; Lithograph
(Original Caption) America's most momentous rope. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1876

French Woman Hiker Wearing Full Regalia
(Original Caption) Alpinistic: French woman Alpinist in full regalia. Photograph ca. 1900. BPA2 #4782

Mother with baby boy (6-11 months) hanging on rope
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Yale University Athletic Team
(Original Caption) Portrait of a Yale athletic team (tug of war?), circa 1890

Scene From "Amos N Andy" Tv Show
Scene from the "Amos N Andy" CBS TV show that ran from 1951 to 1953. George "Kingfish" Stevens (Tim Moore) standing to the right, next to the bed pulling a rope

Jack Sharkey In A Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Jack Sharkey in the boxing ring with a fighting pose. Undated Photo

Diving Bell; Spalding, With Air Barrel
(Original Caption) Spalding's improved diving-bell, with the air-barrels. Undated engraving. BPA2# 1081

Men Exercise By Climbing Ropes
(Original Caption) Woodcut of group of men doing exercise by climbing ropes and trapeze. Undated image

Jacques Cartier by Theophile Hamel
(Original Caption) Portrait of Jacques Cartier, Canadian explorer. Painting by Thador Hamel. Undated

Setting the Capstone of the Washington Monument Magazine Illustraton after Sketch by S
On December 6, 1884, workers placed the 3, 300 pound marble capstone on the Washington Monument, and topped it with a nine-inch pyramid of cast aluminum

Immigrants at Tellers Window
(Original Caption) Immigrants standing in line in front of money exchange window on Ellis Island. Photograph, 1911

Will Rogers In Typical Cowboy Outfit
(Original Caption) Will Rogers in typical cowboy outfit with a rope over his shoulder. Full length photo, 1914

Woman Being Tied to Railroad Tracks
Actors Hugh Fay and Charles Arling tie Louella Maxam to a railroad track in a scene from the 1916 silent film, An Oily Scoundrel

England Beats USA in Tug of War
1920: England team beats USA team in tug of war, during the 1920 Summer Olympics, Antwerp, Belgium. This was the last Olympics with tug of war as an event

Inspection of Immigrants at Ellis Island
(Original Caption) 1920-New York, NYEllis Island. Inspection of health and processing immigrants

Jack Johnson Testing His Strength
(Original Caption) 4/6/20- Mexico - 40-year-old Jack Johnson conditions himself by pitting his strength against that of two horses

Sir Thomas Lipton And Lord Inverforth
(Original Caption) 8/14/25-Cowes: Sir Thomas Lipton, with Lord Inverforth

Tug A War At All Girls School
(Original Caption) 11/12/1926-New York, NY: Outdoor study courses and games played in the fresh air, even in winter weather, have won great popularity at the girls high school, Brooklyn

Zane Grey
(Original Caption) 11/22/1926- American author Zane Grey stands on the deck as he sails on the fishing schooner "Fishermen" for a trip on the South Seas

Jack Dempsey Posing For The Camera
(Original Caption) 1927- Jack Dempsey, boxer, striking the pose for the camera. He has his boxing gear on and is in a rink

Jack Sharkey Trains For Schmeling Bout
(Original Caption) 7/31/1929- Boston, MA - Sharkey Goes Into Training for Schmeling Bout

Jack Sharkey Trains For Phil Scott Bout
(Original Caption) 1930- Miami, FL - Training Grind Starts

Mementoes of Balloon Expedition
(Original Caption) 1930-Baldwin City, Kansas: Interesting and historically significant mementoes of the ill-fated August Andres balloon expedition to the North Pole are shown by Miss Beauchamp

Benny Leonard and Pal Silvers Boxing
Former lightweight champion Benny Leonard (l) attempts to regain his title during a boxing match with Pal Silvers (r) on October 6, 1931, at Queensboro Stadium in New York, New York, USA

Chrysler Sedan on Turntable Display
(Original Caption) 10/26/1937-New York, NY: Photo shows a 1938 Chrysler sedan, one of the many new cars on exhibit at the New York Auto Show, which opens in Grand Central Palace, Oct. 27

Max Schmeling Training
(Original Caption) 6/9/1938- Speculator, NY- Max Schmeling, former World Heavyweight Champion from Germany, training

Max Schmeiling After Training
(Original Caption) 6/20/1938- Speculator, NY - In the pink of condition and at concert pitch in his training

Max Schmeling and Champion Joe Louis
(Original Caption) 6/22/1938-New York, New York- Against the ropes, Max Schmeling vainly tries to protect himself as Joe Louis bores in with more stunning blows

Small Dog on Large Chain
(Original Caption) 2/24/1939- London, England: Beware of the dog! He must be a holy terrier, this pooch, when his master had to use such formidable means of keeping him within bounds

First Lady at Ship Launching
Pictured just before the launching of the United States Lines Liner America, largest and most costly vessel passenger ship ever built in America, are (left to right): Mrs. Emory S

Crowd Waiting For Nightclub Entrance 43
(Original Caption) 1/24/1943 NY, NY: ROPED OFF.... If you are one of the Broadway "regulars", you'll never, never have to wait behind the rope, as these night-clubbers are doing

Flying Wallendas on Tightrope
(Original Caption) 1944-The Flying Wallendas on Tight rope

Woman Pulling on a Rope
(Original Caption) A smiling young woman, Virginia Cruzon, smiles as she pulls on a rope. She is seated in the sand at the beach, clad in a one-piece bathing suit. Ca. 1945-1960

Rocky Graziano Knocks Billy Arnold Through Ropes
(Original Caption) 3/9/1945-New York, NY- Billy Arnold, Philadelphia High School boy knockout sensation, gets a taste of his own medicine at the hands of Rocky Graziano, Brooklyn middleweight

Emmett Kelly in Clown Make-Up

Jake La Motta Punched by Billy Fox
(Original Caption) 11/14/1947-New York

Rocky Graziano Falling to Tony Zale
(Original Caption) 3/2/1948-Newark, NJ- Clinging to the Ropes, Rocky Graziano puts up his right arm to ward off a right by Tony Zale

Joe Louis Floors Jersey Joe Walcott
(Original Caption) 6/25/1948- New York

Georges Carpentier Looks At Tony Zale
(Original Caption) 9/9/1948- New York, NY - Georges Carpentier (right), who flew here yesterday to help train Marcel Cerdan

Boy Pulling Car with His Teeth
Saxon Brown, the strongest boy in England at only seventeen years old, uses his teeth to pull a car weighing more than a ton

Mayan Stone Relief of Xoc Performing a Blood-Letting Ritual
A Mayan lintel shows a blood offering made by Xoc, wife of the Mayan ruler Shield Jaguar. Xoc is shown kneeling and drawing a thorny cord through her tongue

Boy Balancing On Rope/Festival
(Original Caption) Landshut, Bavaria- WHEN BOYS WERE BOYS- 5 CENTURIES AGO

Mayan Stone Relief of Xoc Performing a Blood-Letting Ritual
A Mayan lintel shows a blood offering made by Xoc, wife of the Mayan ruler Shield Jaguar. Xoc is shown kneeling and drawing a thorny cord through her tongue

Small Cowboy Catches Large Cowboy
(Original Caption) Minute, shirtsleeved, sheriff holds up bad man about to do harm to a roped lady. Educational Film Exchanges Inc

Rope Tied To Post On Dock;Mooring A Ship
(Original Caption) Photo shows rope tied to mooring post on a dock. Undated

Woman in Bathing Suit Pulling Rope
(Original Caption) Woman in bathing suit pulls on a rope at the beach. Model: Ruth Hart. Undated photograph

Man Twisting Rope with His Feet
(Original Caption) Even when a man sits down to rest his feet, he has to keep on working. Photo shows a man twisting rope with his hand and feet. Undated

South American Man Making Rope
(Original Caption) A South American man is shown twisting strands into rope. He wears paint or scars on his chest and face. Undated

Illustration of the Crew of the Alecton Attempting to Catch a Giant Squid
A 19th-century illustration showing the crew of the French warship Alecton attempting to catch a giant squid near Tenerife in 1861. The crew was only able to retrieve the tail of the squid

Illustration of Slaughter Houses on Elizabeth Street, Manhattan
(Original Caption) Slaughter and fat houses in Elizabeth street, in the rear of Ward School No. 5, New York City

Sinbad Raised by an Eagle by Carl Offterdinger from The Arabian Nights
Color illustration from the Arabian Nights depicting Sinbad being carried aloft by an eagle

Illustration of a Bird Stealing a Man's Turban by Carl Offterdinger from The Arabian Nights
Color illustration from the Arabian Nights depicting a bird flying away with a man's turban

Sailor Climbing The Rigging Of A Ship
(Original Caption) Undated lithograph of a sailor climbing the rigging of a ship

Two Men Boring A Petroleum Oil Well
(Original Caption) Oil Petroleum: Drilling for Petroleum in the Baku Oil Region in 1886. In 1872 the output of Baku was 16.400 tons. In 1883 it had jumped to 205.000 tons. Undated illustration

Illustration of Jewish Slaves Building Pyramids in Egypt
(Original Caption) Jewish people building the pyramids. BPA 2 #811

Sir Walter Raleigh on Board His Ship Illustration
(Original Caption) Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), English courtier, adventurer, historian, on board his ship. Undated color

Sketch Of Elevator Inventor Testing Elevator
(Original Caption) Elisha G. Otis is shown demonstrating a working model of his elevator at the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York. During this demonstration Mr

Illustration of a Bird Stealing a Man's Turban by Carl Offterdinger from The Arabian Nights
Color illustration from the Arabian Nights depicting a bird flying away with a man's turban

Sinbad Raised by an Eagle by Carl Offterdinger from The Arabian Nights
Color illustration from the Arabian Nights depicting Sinbad being carried aloft by an eagle

Illustration of a Quipu, a Peruvian Calculating Device
(Original Caption) Illustration of The Quipu. Employed by the ancient Peruvians for record-keeping and calculating. The cords are variously colored and are knotted as reference marks. BPA2# 869

Man Using Early Exercise Machine
(Original Caption) Early exercise machine that uses elastic cords. Image shows man exerscising several different areas at the same time. Undated woodcut

Bomb Specialists Removing a Bomb in London
(Original Caption) 7/18/1949-London, England: A bomb disposal squad, headed by Major S. F

Sailing on Lake Michigan
Walter R. Linderman enjoys a pipe while sailing on Lake Michigan

Tug-of-War
On Pennsylvania Field Day, boys pull mightily on a tug-of-war rope

Ski Jumping Across Boat Wake
(Original Caption) 11/18/1950- Cypress Gardens, FL- "Wild Bill" Hatfield, Florida's ace water skier

Beaten Jake Lamotta Leans Against Ropes
(Original Caption) 2/14/1951-Chicago, IL- Jake La Motta leans on the ring completely stupefied in the 13th round as his left arm gropes for support

Woman And Dog Jump Rope As Horse Watches
(Original Caption) 8/10/1952-London, England: "Rookie, " the fox terrier with the springy legs, gets high up in the English air as he jumps rope with pretty Mimie Percival

Deckhand Holds Hawser on Tugboat
(Original Caption) 1/23/1953-New York, NY- Deckhand Candido Coelho, of Jersey City, holds a hawser on the stern of his tugboat, Jan

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