http://hdl.handle.net/10262/814 Search the Channel search http://diglib.noblenet.org:8080/dspace/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10262/2065 Title: Graining Dept. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting Graining Department at the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1918. Five men are in the photo, four to the viewer's right before a long table on which lie completed hides. To the left in another man holding a hide, next to a wooden horse on which are more hides. In the back are hides hanging up. The man on the right, closest to the camera must have moved as his head and arm are blurred. http://hdl.handle.net/10262/2068 Title: Coloring Wheels <br/> <br/>Abstract: Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting Coloring Wheels at the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1918. Also in pen with an arrow pointing to one of the men is a note John Leach, now of Leach & Heckell, Salem. The man to the viewer's left, John Leach, holds a long handled metal cup and is pouring a liquid into what appears to be a glass beaker or cup. The man to Leach's right wears a long leather apron and is gazing at the camera. Behind them are wooden barrels with metal hoops, windows which let in streams of sunlight lighting on the floor. On the right of the center of the photo is a long row of square columns behind which are large drums. Two men stand before them, one looking at the drums, the other at the camera and he holds a long wooden paddle resembling an oar. http://hdl.handle.net/10262/2067 Title: Embossing Press <br/> <br/>Abstract: Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting Seasoning Room (Blacks) 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. http://hdl.handle.net/10262/2066 Title: Seasoning Room (Blacks) <br/> <br/>Abstract: Black and white photograph with ball point pen noting Seasoning Room (Blacks) at the Boston Mat Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1918. Three men are in the photograph. Two stand at a long table to the viewer's left. Windows line the wall behind it. The man closest to the camera has a small bucket before him and has dipped his hand in. The man in the center seems shocked by his expression. The man at the back stands behind some wooden horses holding hides.