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Series consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from approximately 1888 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, and clippings. Also contains a colour photocopy of a site plan from 1938
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of the Lang Tanning Company Limited "Beam house".
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Board of Directors minute book.
Contains a minute book for Lang Tanning Company Limited. Includes minutes for 1911-1930 and the "General code of by-laws" written in 1926.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Brushing and selecting harness leather.
Photograph of two unidentified employees brushing and selecting leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of the chemical laboratory at the Lang Tanning Company Limited with employees, four women and one man, working along tables covered in glass jars and equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains photocopies of newspaper clippings and other documents relating to the history of the Lang Tanning Company Limited.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Colouring upper leather for shoes.
Photograph of 5 unidentified employees, four women and one man, standing around a machine used for colouring leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man, cutting and lining up soles.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains a deed of land between Mary Anna Rohleder and John S. Kuhl for a parcel of land "north of King Street and south of the Grand Trunk Railway".
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man standing on either side of a large piece of equipment, embossing case leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Equipment for waterproofing harness leather.
Photograph of two unidentified employees working with waterproofing equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Finishing strap leather backs.
Photograph of two unidentified women workers, standing side by side along a work table, finishing strap leather backs. Both are wearing rubber gloves and using brushes on the leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains a photograph of four unidentified employees standing around a wooden work bench grading sole leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Grand Trunk Railway siding agreements.
Contains material relating to the Lang Tanning Company Limited's agreement with the Grand Trunk Railway for use of siding leading up to the Lang Tanning Company's factory. Includes an order of the Railway Committee, correspondence to and from the Lang Tanning Company, maps of the area in question, signed agreements, bills, and memoranda.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Handling sole leather from oil drums.
Photograph of an unidentified employee handling sole leather from oil drums next to equipment with leather hanging from racks.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Inspecting and sorting cut soles.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, seated on a stool with back to camera, inspecting and sorting cut soles.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee rolling strap leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd. fonds.
Fonds consists of material relating to the administration and operation of the Lang Tanning Company in Kitchener Ontario, from 1888 to 1974. Contains minutes, agreements, clippings and a photograph album. Also contains a colour photocopy of a site plan from 1938. Includes 24 photographs.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains letters patent relating to the incorporation of Lang Tanning Company Limited.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Machine buffing shoe upper leather.
Photograph of an unidentified employee feeding leather into a buffing machine.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Minute book : by-laws and shareholders' meetings.
Contains one minute book. Includes by-laws and minutes of the shareholders' meetings.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Pack handling leather in tan yard.
Photograph of an unidentified employee in the Lang Tanning Company Limited tan yard moving a pack of leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Preparing sole leather for finishing.
Contains a photograph of two unidentified employees, one with back to camera, preparing sole leather for finishing.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of the refrigerated hide storage area at Lang Tanning Company Limited with two unidentified men stacking hides.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, seen standing with back to camera, setting out harness leather on equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee setting out sole leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains material relating to by-laws regarding the disposal of sewage at Lang Tanning. Includes copies of by-laws no. 791 and no. 786 and correspondence to and from the Lang Tanning Company.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Shaving Air Force shoe upper leather.
Photograph of an unidentified employee, standing with back to camera at a piece of equipment, shaving shoe upper leather for the Air Force shoe. Leather shavings are visible on the bottom of the equipment and on the floor next to it.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Splitting and gauging leather for men's waist belts.
Photograph of three unidentified employees gauging and splitting leather for belts on either side of a piece of equipment.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of an unidentified employee spray finishing leather.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Staking shoe upper leather to soften.
Photograph of an unidentified employee staking shoe upper leather to soften.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Co. Limited building.
Photograph of a drawing of the Lang Tanning Company Limited building on King St. West in Kitchener as it was in 1850.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Company Limited : minute book.
Contains one minute book. Includes minutes, motions, by-laws, and memoranda.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Company Limited : stock register.
Contains a stock register with lists of stocks transferred and a ledger of individual accounts.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Company Limited, Tannery, Kitchener, Ontario, surveyed Feb. 5, 1938 by W. Goodall.
Two colour photocopies of a site plan.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Company, Ltd. photograph album.
Series consists of a collection of photographs originally contained in a photograph album created to showcase the activities of The Lang Tanning Company Limited. It tells the story of a three generation manufacturing company and depicts several steps in the leather tanning process. Each photo includes a typed caption indicating what is captured in the corresponding image. Employees, predominantly white men, appear throughout though a small number or photos include white women at work on various stages of leather processing. No employee identifications are included.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
The Lang Tanning Company, Ltd. photograph album : introductory text.
Page consisting of introductory text to a photograph album about Lang Tanning Company Limited. The text highlights the three generations behind the family-run company, making reference to Louis L. Lang, Reinhold A. Lang, Jerome Lang, and George W. Lang.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Photograph of two unidentified employees standing on either side of a suspended platform toggle drying a hide.
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.
Contains documents relating to the registration of the trademark of "R. Lang & Son".
Lang Tanning Company, Ltd.