Interior of Wm. Langbein & Brothers Razor Factory, 159 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, NY, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1937-07-01
7 x 9 x 0 in.

Cropped 8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 1, 1937. Image of interior of Wm. Langbein & Bros., 159 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, NY. Visible in image: men inside straight razor factory working on various stages of manufacture, including sharpening them on a whetstone, two piles of razors are on the floor. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. Typed on original negative sleeve: “52445 7/1/37 / 2444-21 / Diesel Progress 2 W 45th St, City / Mr. Sibley / Interior of Langbein Bros-159 / Willoughby St, Bklyn, NY”.

1984.187.52445

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider