Buffing room

Title:	Buffing room
Description:	Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting Buffing Room at the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1918. Also in pen, notation saying Louis Altshuler, Boss Buffer and a good one. Five men standing in a narrow room before a long work table with wheels. Over their heads run pipes. Altshuler is the man closest to the camera. Louis Altshuler was listed as a leather worker. He and his wife Mollie had a house at 6 Highland Park. Men at work
Date:	1918
Subject:	Peabody Mat Leather Company (Peabody, Mass.) Leather industry and trade Leather industry and trade -- Employees Altshuler, Louis
Coverage:	Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Peabody 34 Walnut Street (Peabody, Mass.)
Contributor:	Peabody Institute Library, Peabody

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