Rope
- Object Name:
- Rope
- Object ID:
- 2001.002
- Date:
- circa 1939
- Description:
- Length of rope. Natural color twisted hemp with single strand of green fiber. Black tape around rope at both ends and near end. String tag (on an advertisement for shear sharpening, Penacook, NH) attached to rope, handwritten, "Pc OF ROPE USED / TO HANG 1939 / HOWARD LONG / OTHER PCS CUT IN / SHORT LENGTHS (OVER) / AND GIVEN TO SHERIFF ELLIOT / LACONIA / N.H."
- Material:
- Fiber
Hemp - Dimensions:
- L-38.5 Dia-0.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Property of the N.H. Department of Corrections, until donated to NHHS in 2001.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of New Hampshire Department of Corrections
- People:
- Long, Howard (1907-1939)
- Subjects:
- Rope, Executions, Hangings
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