DescriptionPostcard: black-and-white photo of two workers weaving rope using fids to make a bow fender, ca. 1952; published by Hudson Waterfront Museum, West New York, 1991. 4" x 6" print. Photographer not identified. 6 copies. The men are in the rigger's loft of the Erie Railroad Marine Division repair yard in Jersey City, N.J., no date, ca. 1950. Note that they use a hoist to maneuver this large piece. Cf.photo catalog 2003.049.0004 for an uncropped print of the image used for this postcard. A bow fender in use on a tugboat can be seen in photo catalog 2003.049.0003. Photographer is not identified but probably taken by Erie Railroad Co., Midland Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Copy photograph used for this printing courtesy of John Catrambone.