Wellmade Glove artifacts and records
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Abstract
The Wellmade Glove records are comprised of business and financial records kept by Louis Lebman, the owner and operator of Wellmade Glove, throughout the period 1941 to 1964.
Historical Note
Wellmade Glove (later Wellmade Gloves) was a glove shop and manufacturer specializing in fine gloves produced from fabric and goat skin. The company was located at 480 Seventh Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope, and was owned and operated by Louis Lebman (1880-1969), a Polish immigrant who served his glovemaking apprenticeship in Gloversville, N.Y. Lebman lived with his wife, Rose, and their daughter, Maria, in the same building that housed Wellmade Glove.
Scope and Contents
The Wellmade Glove records are comprised of business and financial records kept by Louis Lebman, the owner and operator of Wellmade Glove, throughout the period 1941 to 1964. Items include account books, receipt books, checkbooks, and ledgers in which Lebman recorded expenses and transactions with leather manufacturers, accessory and clothing vendors, and various other businesses and individuals. Two large receipt books are housed separately from the rest of the collection in an oversize box. Additional items include invoices from several leather manufacturers, including the Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corporation and the United States Raw Skins Tanners, among others; business cards; a business telephone directory; insurance policy documents and maintenance contracts; tax returns; photographs of Louis Lebman and his wife, Rose, and daughter, Maria; and several issues of the monthly periodical Handbags and Fashion Accessories.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Wellmade Glove records, ARC.224, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Julius Castigliola, 1986.
Separated Materials
Artifacts separated to the museum collection. Please see PastPerfect records for M1986.3 for more information.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library. Please consult library staff for more information.
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Processing Information
Minimally processed to the collection level.
The collection combines the accessions 1986.006 and V1986.002.
