Fred Jahn collection, 1925-2001.

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Fred Jahn collection, 1925-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53783722

Contains correspondence related to Fred Jahn's work as a leather craftsman. Includes Jahn's diploma from a trade school in Germany (1925), photograph of Jahn, advertisements and a copy of Webster's geographical dictionary tooled by Arno Werner and stamped LLL.

2.5 linear in. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7670939

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Jahn, Fred, d. 1983.

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Fred Jahn was born and trained in Germany as a leather worker skilled in making saddles and tooling leather. He came to the United States in 1926 and eventually went into business with Laura Lee Linder (LLL) in New York City in making high end leather goods. Linder and Jahn were bought out by Eaton Paper Corporation in 1924, and they came to Lee, Mass. where they continued their line of leather goods under Eaton's aegis. Jahn trained Arno Werner, a bookbinder, in leather tooling. Jahn died in 19...

Werner, Arno, 1899-1995

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