Industry volunteers help Peabody children connect with city’s leather-making past
22/04/2015
Still known as Leather City, Peabody lost its tanneries in the second half of the twentieth century. With the help of the leather-industry volunteers, the city’s education authorities arranged a programme for local children to visit the Peabody Leatherworkers Museum, hear about the leather-making process, and see some of the tools and machines used in production.
The children, many of whom had parents, grandparents or other family members with connections to the industry, were also able to handle a selection of hides that were tanned in Peabody and are still preserved in the museum. At the end of their visit, they each received a leather mouse-mat, donated by footwear brand Timberland.
The Peabody Leatherworkers Museum is now working on a new exhibit that will show how much leather was required during World War II.
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