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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

Photograph of the Lang Tanning Company Limited "Beam house".

Contains a minute book for Lang Tanning Company Limited. Includes minutes for 1911-1930 and the "General code of by-laws" written in 1926.

Photograph of two unidentified employees brushing and selecting leather.

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.

Contains photocopies of newspaper clippings and other documents relating to the history of the Lang Tanning Company Limited.

Photograph of 5 unidentified employees, four women and one man, standing around a machine used for colouring leather.

Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man, cutting and lining up soles.

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".

Photograph of two unidentified employees, a woman and a man standing on either side of a large piece of equipment, embossing case leather.

Photograph of two unidentified employees working with waterproofing equipment.

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.

Contains a photograph of four unidentified employees standing around a wooden work bench grading sole leather.

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.

Photograph of an unidentified employee handling sole leather from oil drums next to equipment with leather hanging from racks.

Photograph of an unidentified employee, seated on a stool with back to camera, inspecting and sorting cut soles.

Photograph of an unidentified employee rolling strap leather.

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.

Contains letters patent relating to the incorporation of Lang Tanning Company Limited.

Photograph of an unidentified employee feeding leather into a buffing machine.

Contains one minute book. Includes by-laws and minutes of the shareholders' meetings.

Photograph of an unidentified employee in the Lang Tanning Company Limited tan yard moving a pack of leather.

Contains a photograph of two unidentified employees, one with back to camera, preparing sole leather for finishing.

Photograph of the refrigerated hide storage area at Lang Tanning Company Limited with two unidentified men stacking hides.

Photograph of an unidentified employee, seen standing with back to camera, setting out harness leather on equipment.

Photograph of an unidentified employee setting out sole leather.

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.

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.

Photograph of three unidentified employees gauging and splitting leather for belts on either side of a piece of equipment.

Photograph of an unidentified employee spray finishing leather.

Photograph of an unidentified employee staking shoe upper leather to soften.

Photograph of a drawing of the Lang Tanning Company Limited building on King St. West in Kitchener as it was in 1850.

Contains one minute book. Includes minutes, motions, by-laws, and memoranda.

Contains a stock register with lists of stocks transferred and a ledger of individual accounts.

Two colour photocopies of a site plan.

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.

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.

Photograph of two unidentified employees standing on either side of a suspended platform toggle drying a hide.

Contains documents relating to the registration of the trademark of "R. Lang & Son".