History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . and sons (Elishaand George) at the old place, and Lyman Smith &Sons (John E. and Charles L.) removed to the pres-ent location of that firm, and builded anew. In1860, George Winslow retired, and the firm-namebecame Winslow Brothers, who still manage the ex-tensive establishment upon the old site. Tanninglaw-book leather, roller skins, linings for the boot andshoe trade, and a variety of sheep-leather of differentfinish and colors adapted to an almost endless di-versity of uses. There
History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . and sons (Elishaand George) at the old place, and Lyman Smith &Sons (John E. and Charles L.) removed to the pres-ent location of that firm, and builded anew. In1860, George Winslow retired, and the firm-namebecame Winslow Brothers, who still manage the ex-tensive establishment upon the old site. Tanninglaw-book leather, roller skins, linings for the boot andshoe trade, and a variety of sheep-leather of differentfinish and colors adapted to an almost endless di-versity of uses. There has been a steady growth ofthe business, new buildings have been added, steam-power substituted for water-power, and labor-savingmachinery invented and introduced, until a capacityof tanning more than a million skins annually hasbeen attained, giving employment to about one hundredand fifty men, with a monthly pay-roll of from fiveto six thousand dollars. Lyman Smith & Sous, manufacturers of all kindsof sheep and lamb leather. This firm is the out-growth of a partnership formed over fifty years ago. ~^ff --ly J. ij tlxichte
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