| PAGE | |
| Ancient Egyptian rope | 12 |
| Nootka whaling lines | 13 |
| Ancient Egyptian rope-making methods | 14 |
| Use of rope in ancient Egyptian kitchen | 14 |
| Specimens of ancient Egyptian cordage | 15 |
| Detail of sculptured rope from Triumphal Arch at Orange | 17 |
| Attic sailing ship, sixth century B.C. | 17 |
| Mayflower in Plymouth harbor | 18 |
| Office of Plymouth Cordage Company | 20 |
| Bourne Spooner, founder of Plymouth Cordage Company | 21 |
| First advertisement of Plymouth Cordage Company | 21 |
| Old-time method of hackling cordage fiber | 22 |
| Spinning rope yarn by hand with old-time spinning wheel | 23 |
| Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth | 24 |
| Hank of Manila fiber | 28 |
| Philippine hemp cart | 29 |
| Filipino cleaning Manila fiber | 30 |
| Filipinos preparing Manila fiber for market | 31 |
| Examining Manila fiber at dock | 32 |
| Suburb of Manila—Manila fiber plant growing | 33 |
| Philippine street scene | 34 |
| Gathering leaves of Sisal fiber plant | 36 |
| Loading Sisal fiber leaves on plantation car | 37 |
| Scenes at cleaner house on Sisal fiber plantation | 38 |
| Bale of Sisal fiber | 39 |
| Machine separating Sisal fiber from leaves | 40 |
| Sisal fiber drying | 41 |
| Sisal fiber steamer at Plymouth Cordage Company’s pier | 42 |
| American hemp stacked in fields | 44 |
| Preparing American hemp for market | 45 |
| New Zealand flax plant | 46 |
| Hemp growing by the water | 47 |
| Uncle Ben, hemp breaker | 48 |
| Pine tar manufacturing methods | 50 |
| Pine tar handling at naval stores yard | 52 |
| Examining and re-grading Manila fiber at cordage factory | 56 |
| Track and warehouse facilities, Plymouth Cordage Company | 57 |
| Stacking Manila fiber in warehouse | 58 |
| Trucking Manila fiber into warehouse | 59 |
| Sisal fiber being transferred from warehouse to mill | 60 |
| No. 2 tar house, Plymouth Cordage Company | 61 |
| No. 3 mill, Plymouth Cordage Company | 62 |
| Preparation room, No. 3 mill, Plymouth Cordage Company | 64 |
| Lubricating oil mixing room, Plymouth Cordage Company | 65 |
| Formation of sliver on first breaker | 66 |
| Reducing size of sliver on preparation machines | 67 |
| Draw frame machines | 68 |
| Plymouth Cordage Company factory in early days and today | 70 |
| Spinning machine of early nineteenth century | 72 |
| Modern spinning machine | 73 |
| Spinning room, No. 1 mill, Plymouth Cordage Company | 74 |
| Spinning room, No. 3 mill, Plymouth Cordage Company | 75 |
| Tar storage and handling equipment, Plymouth Cordage Company | 76 |
| Tarring of rope yarns | 78 |
| Ropewalk manufacturing processes | 80 |
| Interior of ropewalk, Plymouth Cordage Company | 82 |
| Sixteen-inch towline with eye-splice | 83 |
| Lathyarn and tie rope machines, Plymouth Cordage Company | 84 |
| Rope-making machinery, Plymouth Cordage Company | 87 |
| Removing reel from forming machine | 89 |
| Compound laying-machine, four-strand type | 90 |
| Shipping platform, Plymouth Cordage Company | 92 |