Amity Leather Products Company | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Amity Leather Products Company

Amity Leather Products Company | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View across street towards the three-story brick factory building, with a taller, square central tower that has symmetrical two-story wings. Identified on the tower as "Amity Leather Products Co.", the Art Deco style building was built in 1924. It housed the Amity Company until 1996, when production was moved to Brown Deer, Wisconsin, and the company name changed to AR Accessories Group.
DESCRIPTION
View across street towards the three-story brick factory building, with a taller, square central tower that has symmetrical two-story wings. Identified on the tower as "Amity Leather Products Co.", the Art Deco style building was built in 1924. It housed the Amity Company until 1996, when production was moved to Brown Deer, Wisconsin, and the company name changed to AR Accessories Group.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:130924
Creation Date: 07 1936
Creator Name:Marquardt
City:West Bend
County:Washington
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Wisconsin Conservation Department photographs and films, 1930-1957
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH Series 2375.1.16
Original Dimensions:7 x 5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As of 2017, this building remained standing and had been converted to apartments.
SUBJECTS
Signs and signboards
Outdoor photography
Leather industry and trade
Architectural details
Brickwork
Decoration and ornament
Trees
Lawns
Cities and towns
Sidewalks
Factories

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