Embossing press

Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting "Embossing Press" at the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1918.

Two men are in the photo. One stands before the press holding a piece of leather going in or out of the machine. There is another man behind the press. Windows line the back wall and leathers are draped over a large wooden horse.

Men at work

Institution: Peabody Institute Library, Peabody

Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Peabody

34 Walnut Street (Peabody, Mass.)

1918

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2002.537.19

Peabody Mat Leather Company (Peabody, Mass.)

Leather industry and trade

Leather industry and trade -- Employees

Embossing (Leatherwork)

Hides and skins

still image

Photographs

1 Photographic print : b&w

7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.