| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Joseph and Feiss Company Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Joseph and Feiss Company | | | | Dates: | 1914-1950 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph and Feiss Company was established in 1841, by Caufman Koch and Samuel Loeb, as a general store in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1845 they moved the store to Cleveland, Ohio, and began specializing in tailored men's clothing. The company underwent several name changes before becoming Joseph & Feiss in 1907. The collection consists of photographs of various operations, functions, facilities, events, and staff of the Joseph and Feiss Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are exterior and interior views of the factory; individual and group portraits of the founders of the company, other executives, and employees; views of employees at work and at various recreational activities; views of medical and sanitary facilities, the nursery, lunchrooms, and language and other classes for employees; views of machinery used in clothing manufacturing at the plant; and views of production and employees during World War II. | | | | Call #: | PG 175 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph & Feiss Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Lowell O. Mellen Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mellen, Lowell O. | | | | Dates: | 1941-1959 | | | | Abstract: | Lowell O. Mellen (1897-1993) was a business consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, who pioneered the training techniques of Training Within Industry (TWI) as a representative of the War Manpower Commission in the Northern District of Ohio during World War II. After the war, he was recruited by General Douglas MacArthur to train supervisors and workers in Japan in the techniques of Training Within Industry in order to quickly stabilize the Japanese economy by making its industrial base more efficient. Mellen's company, Training Within Industry, Inc., trained over one million supervisors and workers in Japan. Mellen's training programs in job instruction, job methods, job relations, problem solving, and job safety are credited as the foundation for industrial programs that stress continuous improvement and lean management. The collection consists of 121 black and white photographs and one 16mm black and white motion picture film. | | | | Call #: | PG 596 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Employees -- Training of -- Photographs | Industrial efficiency | Industrial management -- Indonesia -- Photographs | Industrial management -- Japan -- Photographs | Industrial management -- Oho -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Industries -- Indonesia -- Photographs | Industries -- Japan -- Photographs | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Mellen, Lowell O., 1897-1993 -- Photographs | Training Within Industry, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | United States. War Manpower Commission -- Photographs | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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