Ring Making / New York City Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Costume jewelry factory interior - scenes show machinery and workmen in stages of ring manufacture from stamping out shapes to the finished product - men’s signet rings. [1919] b. Aerial view of waterfront, railroad yards, panorama of industrial and residential sections - YMCA, crowds, tourists board sightseeing boats, trip in harbor - scenes from excursion boat as it circles Manhattan island - waterfront, skyline, freighters, tugs, ferryboats, bridges-Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Hells Gate. Children swimming, the harbor, and a wooded shoreline - signs along the way including, ‘Bay State Line, Providence and Boston’ and ‘Hartford Line’ - barge ‘Lehigh Valley’ on Hudson River, New York City. [1919]
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