DescriptionLongshoremen's hooks used by Donald "Red" Barrett (Hoboken resident) on the Hoboken docks in the 1960's. Ca. 4" long wood handle with 3 to 3-1/2" long metal hook. Plastic tubing around hook shank. Two examples, a left handed and right handed one. The small size of each hook in this set was for coffee, peppers and similarly bagged items. The one with black tubing has a hook extending 3-1/2" from handle and the one with red-brown tubing is 3" long. Hooks are 1-3/8" A good example of work gear used by a union worker at the Hoboken docks for loading and unloading ships. Barrett, known as "Red" Barrett, was a longtime employee at the piers (as well as a photographer who documented them and the work.) He retired sometime in the 1970s. Barrett has related that these were handmade, not stock items manufactured for the profession.