Black binder with clippings, letterhead, photographs, certificates
Entry/Object ID
2016.318.1.1
Description
A black three-ring binder with clippings, letterhead, photographs, certificates belonging to August Layer, the Founder of Eld Metal Company in Los Angeles. Items in binder date from 1920s - 1940s. Includes a newspaper clipping on the construction of the Peace BRidge in 1926, photograph of Layer in 1939, notes and photographs on the foundry site, business cards and seals of the company, letterhead and envelopes, Warman Electric Foundry Company letterhead and related newspaper clippings, certificate for the Red Dog Saloon in Alaska. The binder is generally in poor condition, pages are brittle and some exhibit pest damage.
