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The Boston Mat Leather Company

The Boston Mat Leather Company, owned and operated by Morris Cohen, was located on the corner of Wallis and Walnut Streets. It occupied the building which had housed the former Phoenix Leather Manufacturer and the Henry E. Holden Leather Company. It was in operation for only a short time, from 1917 to 1919.

Morris Cohen, the owner, lived in Beachmont, otherwise known as Revere, Massachusetts.

building      office      office

engine room      beam room      tan room

press room      coloring room      splitting department

John Leach      dry loft      staking department

tacking loft      mixing room      buffing room

graining deprartment      seasoning room      seasoning, blacks

graining deprartment      shipping and sorting room