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Ropes, Walter S

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  1. North Adams … city directory (1911)

    Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E. Quincy

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    1. Charles A. (C. A. Ropes & Co.), h 67 E. Quincy
    2. C. A. & Co. (Charles A. Ropes and Wilfred Faverault)
    3. fish market 33 Eagle
    4. Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E. Quincy
    5. Rosasco Constante, retired, h 72 Spring
    6. Giovanni B., policeman, h 45 Washington av
    7. John, clerk 52 Holden, bds 45 Washington av

  2. North Adams … city directory (1912)

    Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy

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    1. Ropes Blanche A., music teacher, bds 67 E Quincy
    2. Charles A. (C. A. Ropes & Co.), h 67 E Quincy
    3. C. A. & Co. (Charles A. Ropes and Wilfred Faverault), fish market, 33 Eagle
    4. Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy
    5. Rosasco Catherine, wid Contante, bds 72 Spring
    6. Giovanni B., policeman, h 45 Washington av
    7. John, clerk 52 Holden, bds 45 Washington av

  3. North Adams … city directory (1914)

    Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy

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    1. Ropes Blanche A., music teacher, bds 67 E Quincy
    2. Charles A. (C. A. Ropes & Co.), h 67 E Quincy
    3. C. A. & Co. (Charles A. Ropes and Wilfred Faverault), fish market, 33 Eagle
    4. Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy
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  1. North Adams … city directory (1915)

    Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy

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    1. Ropes Blanche A., nurse, bds 67 E Quincy
    2. Charles A. (C. A. Ropes & Co.), h 67 E Quincy
    3. C. A. & Co. (C. A. Ropes and W. Faverault), fish market, 33 Eagle
    4. Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy
    5. Rosasco Antonio, laborer, h 139 State
    6. Catherine, wid Contante, bds 72 Spring
    7. Giovanni B., policeman, h 45 Washington av

  2. North Adams … city directory (1916)

    Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy

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    1. Root Burton J., clerk 159 River, h 97 Bracewell av
    2. Ropes Blanche A., nurse, bds 67 E Quincy
    3. Charles A., h 67 E Quincy
    4. Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy
    5. Rosasco Antonio, h 139 State
    6. Catherine, wid Constante, h 72 Spring
    7. Giovanni B., policeman, h 58 Washington av

Named in 5 books printed between 1911 and 1916. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Record note

This record exists because one or more sources name him or her. Printed in: North Adams … city directory (1911); North Adams … city directory (1912); North Adams … city directory (1914); North Adams … city directory (1915); North Adams … city directory (1916). Nothing else on this site confirms this record beyond what those sources state — no claim is invented here. Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. Not established is the honest state of this record; if you can change that, we want to hear from you.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E. Quincy reported1
Places and dates of work
Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy reported1
Places and dates of work
Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy reported1
Places and dates of work
Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy reported1
Places and dates of work
Walter S., violin maker, bds 67 E Quincy reported1

How the pages were read

5 of the 5 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. Trade terms matched from the printed page: “violin maker”. 5 of them take their surname from the name at the top of their group; the printed lines themselves do not carry the surname.

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  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 5 sources, all read from machine text. The count weighs how well each source was read, not just how many are cited. A stack of half-read sources does not outweigh one page read properly.

  1. North Adams … city directory (H.A. Manning Co., 1911), vol. 1911. archive.org, northadamscitydi1911unse. https://archive.org/details/northadamscitydi1911unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 301, line 31

  2. North Adams … city directory (H.A. Manning Co., 1912), vol. 1912. archive.org, northadamscitydi1912unse. https://archive.org/details/northadamscitydi1912unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 293, line 5

  3. North Adams … city directory (H.A. Manning Co., 1914), vol. 1914. archive.org, northadamscitydi1914unse. https://archive.org/details/northadamscitydi1914unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 249, line 44

  4. North Adams … city directory (H.A. Manning Co., 1915), vol. 1915. archive.org, northadamscitydi1915unse. https://archive.org/details/northadamscitydi1915unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 250, line 16

  5. North Adams … city directory (H.A. Manning Co., 1916), vol. 1916. archive.org, northadamscitydi1916unse. https://archive.org/details/northadamscitydi1916unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 239, line 41

Mentioned, not yet worked

2 sources on file name this maker, but no claim has been written from them yet. That is a statement of work outstanding, recorded in the open rather than hidden — and an invitation. If you can add anything to this record — a document, an instrument, a family memory — the gaps below are exactly where it fits.

  • The Violinist’s Guide: Written for the Use of the Violin Buying Public (Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1924), pp. 29–50. Google Books, k72To-a4qjMC. https://books.google.com/books?id=k72To-a4qjMC. p. 50 source recordprinted as “Ropes, Walter S.”

    m.r. Dillaway St., Boston, Mass.

  • The Violinist’s Guide: Written for the Use of the Violin Buying Public (Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916), pp. 19–43. Google Books, zXQHAQAAMAAJ. https://books.google.com/books?id=zXQHAQAAMAAJ. p. 38 source recordprinted as “Ropes, Walter S.”

    m.r. — North Adams, Mass. Six years with the late J. Bonaparte Squier; silver medal and diploma Panama-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; bronze medal and diploma Jamestown Exposition, 1907.