Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2002.537.6 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Black and white photograph of the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Mass., 1918. Photo has ball point pen notation saying Tan House. Photo shows two men at work, the closest in leather apron and knee-high boots holding what appears to be a pipe or hose. The one further back wears glasses and is arranging hides. To the right are other mounds of hides, a tall step ladder and windows. To the left are large drums or wheels with pulleys, pipes, wooden barrels bound with metal hoops. The floor appears wet. |
Date |
1918 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Title |
Tan House at the Boston Mat Leather Factory |
Place |
Peabody, Massachusetts, Boston Mat Leather Factory |
Event |
Men at work |
Copyright |
All copyrights belong to the Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA |
Collection |
Local History Resource Center |
Subjects |
Factories Leather factories Leather work Men Peabody (Mass.) Peabody (Mass.)--History Tanneries Work |