Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Black workers |
Date |
early 1900s |
Object ID |
2015.009.LDI 39 |
Collection |
Ladew Photograph Collection |
Description |
Black workers at Ladew Leatherworks Edward R. Ladew and partner, Daniel B. Fayerweather founded Fayerweather and Ladew, a leather belging company in 1877 and operated a plant in New York City. The plant moved to Glen Cove in 1903. The company name was changed to E.R. Ladew Leather Belting factory. In 1916, with 400 workers, Ii was described as the largest leather belting company in the world. In 1916, the Glen Cove Echo claimed Ladew used more than 250,000 hides from American steer annually. Raw hides delivered by truck went through several stages from de-hairing, stretching, oiling, polishing, and cutting before belts of various width and legth were made for household and industrial usage. Ladew's belts were used for home sewing machines as well as industrial manufacturin |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Copyright |
This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). For permission to publish or display images please contact the Glen Cove Public Library Robert R. Coles Long Island History Room. |