The Ship’s Tailor
Colorized stereograph showing a tailor on a ship working at a sewing machine. The tailor is wearing a white uniform and is smoking a pipe. A second sailor in a white uniform is sitting in the background. Text on the reverse of the stereograph comments on the importance of tailoring work onboard any navy ship.
Comments and Context
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “No one is in greater demand on board ship than the ship’s tailor, and he has his hands full all of the time. The repairing end of the business is the heaviest and the strict discipline on board ship makes neatness and cleanliness come next to obedience. Every sailor must keep his clothes in repair and is taught to use the needle and thread almost as soon as he starts in to be a sailor.”
